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KNITTED VIDEO!?!?!?!!!
Holy cow, This is the coolest, most inspiring thing I've seen in ages!
"Michel Gondry and Lauri Faggioni have done a video for Steriogram entirely out of
yarn - knitted shapes and felt too. Apparently it was inspired by a picture of Johnny
Rotten wearing a sweater knitted by his mother."
WalkieTalkieMan
I haven't been this blown away since Liza Lou- who ROCKSMYWORLD completely with her beaded full-sized kitchen, backyard and trailer. If you've never seen, here's an article and a couple of pics:
beading the world (I can totally relate- in grad school, they were telling me I should move away from the nails.I left too.)
beaded kitchen
But nothing can compare to seeing in person the details of the creative madness. I love love love this sort of thing. duh.;)
"Michel Gondry and Lauri Faggioni have done a video for Steriogram entirely out of
yarn - knitted shapes and felt too. Apparently it was inspired by a picture of Johnny
Rotten wearing a sweater knitted by his mother."
WalkieTalkieMan
I haven't been this blown away since Liza Lou- who ROCKSMYWORLD completely with her beaded full-sized kitchen, backyard and trailer. If you've never seen, here's an article and a couple of pics:
beading the world (I can totally relate- in grad school, they were telling me I should move away from the nails.I left too.)
beaded kitchen
But nothing can compare to seeing in person the details of the creative madness. I love love love this sort of thing. duh.;)
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now i know what i'll do. i'll make my whole HOUSE entirely out of molecules. and if that works, maybe i'll get to work on the whole world... mwahahahaha
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holy crap!
but even having said that
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"Kitchen" took five years to complete and Lou now suffers from acute tendonitis.
OUch! is it worth it?
i know that all art has the unspoken message that it is the sacrifice of ones life for a thing of beauty, couldn't more beauty be found in making smaller projects and then pleasing yourself by helping others?
I know i'm treading over deep water and rip currents with that statement in the art community, as many feel it's helping one "express themself" or create joy in those who see it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't i guess, everything is essentially paradox.
Do what comes if it makes you feel good.
Re: holy crap!
Personally,I don't really think we have that much of a choice. The inspiration comes and the project is dealt. When it resounds in you strongly, there's no way not to do it. It's like an assignment. It's your job. Carpenters and jewelry makers get tendonitis too. One has to be careful and try to minimize the risks while carrying out the project.
And in the process of creating a long project/artwork there are all sorts of lessons and challenges that are (I believe)an important part of the individual artist's path.
I think helping others is something that is both a subtle daily exercise and a path and it is always linked to our work. That large project may have enabled her to help many people in many ways, yes inspirational, but also financial, whathaveyou.
The ripples tend to be invisible to us.
Helping others is paramount. And we all have various tools and ways.
I feel my skills and talents were given to me to be an artist, therefore I find ways to help others through being a good artist. This is mostly abstract...but it can also be in concrete ways, for example,for every sale, I send 10% to support causes i believe in...usually peace corps projects...
so if looked at in that one 'marked'/visible way...a successful larger artwork is going to 'help' more...also by helping fund a volunteer project into action.
eek, I'm rambling.hope I made some sense.
Re: holy crap!
Glad you see the value and non-exclusive nature of providing beauty, care, and a sense of awe in those who share our planet.
-john