'view master' the final consequence , so far, of the 'reaching out' is in the so-called self-portrait, 'view master'... I am in a space suit standing on a easel platform doing a rendering of the same scene rendered in the mural - in and among the rings particles of a gas giant planet... one thing to note, in regards to these murals, is that except for the first one, in which the image came first and was refined by the theme/title, all were derived visually from the theme/title - that is, from the abstract idea to the visual concrete... it was also not a conscious choice that these murals progressed from the initial one to this one in the order in which they did - which, in effect reflected a growing resoluting to the initial conflictings involving loneliness and reaching out... now, one might note that the figure is small in comparison to the vastness of the space scene... yet, at the same time, observe that the figure is in control of his course of action... thus the figure size is not to diminish the human's importance, but to conjoin it to the immensity of space... this is further recognised thru the theme/title itself - a 'master' is one who is in control of things... note, too, that the scene is as if the VIEWER is also among the ring particles - and thus is sharing, tho in a subordinate role, the adventure of being out there... now, as to such things as the number of major and minor rocks, there is nothing significant - they are where they are for the sake of the drama, for I never had consciously considered their numericalness as worthy of thought... if I subconsciously posed a particular set of numbers, I've not noticed it, and would only consider it as a sort of serendipity... had, however, it consciously occurred to me, then yes, I would have added such symbolism as that to a great degree [which would have elevated the work to a higher level of precision and forethinking - in other words, a greater and more masterpiece of a rendering]... do I regret not having thought such - no... it was not part of the intention of the conception... in this case, beyond the theme/title and the visual, I was not interested - the work as stated was more than sufficient for me at the time...