Lights in the Sky

FACES ARE MADE BRIGHT by the shimmer of screens, stunned as they watch the world change forever. Broadcast around the globe is the first glimpse of extraterrestrial life, a nearly divine revelation that unites a fragmented world in a time of division and doubt. It is a moment of globalized holy communion, a prayer for a newly resurrected monoculture, and as many have suggested, a plea for empathy. The world is saved.