The state was getting a new license plate, and there was going to be a naked guy on it. So, they asked us to explain who he was: The Genius of Creative Energy, a massive tile mosaic featured on the floor of the Art Deco capitol building in Lincoln. And while we were at it: we should also showcase the other incredible art in the capitol. We liked the idea of digging deep into Nebraska’s past, bone-deep, down into the soil, to show how we, as a people, came to be. As we explored our history, the project took on a mythical, magical kind of quality. An artistic interpretation of gazing into space and attempting to comprehend how life began.