I keep thinking about other worlds. One's where maybe things could have evolved slightly differently, or in some super alien way. It makes me a little sad that I'll never get to see any distant worlds with strange animals. And I'll be long gone before they ever find out about any other life-hosting worlds. So that's kind of sad.
But I've found that writing about, drawing, and painting them is really the next best thing I can do to actually seeing them in person. In some ways it feels a lot like exploring.
So here's a little oil painting I did of a sea creature I imagine is out there swimming around somewhere, in the deep, ancient waters of some strange alien planet.