“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”

J. Robert Oppenheimer Trinity, 1945

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. We knew the world would not be the same.

A few people laughed… A few people cried… Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, ”Now I am become death the destroyer of worlds.”

I suppose we all thought that. One way or another.

In watching this video of the physicist Robert Oppenheimer I was very moved. He seemed to suffer greatly over his invention which became a tool of mass destruction. I included using the video projected over my sculpture "Oppenheimers Tears" in honor and dedication to the great physicist.