Marms sent along this video of the winner of the show "Ukraine's Got Talent." (To be fair, I didn't even know this show existed. Zippo knowledge. I mean, it wouldn't have even hit my radar to ask the question as to whether it existed. Which then begs the question: don't some of the things that get exported to different cultures completely surprise you? Things like Japan's intense love of every boy-band we hate; or Adidias track suits in Russia, or Bulgaria's love of Beneton or Australia's ability to embrace Crocodile Dundee as a modern-day hero? Completely surprising). Any way, this is a video of Kseniya Simonova, 24, who draws pictures on an illuminated sand table. Sounds crazy, right? It is spellbinding. Literally, I was transfixed by her performance and her message. Her pictures are alive as they express--like no words could--how ordinary people were impacted by Germany's invasion in WWII.
She starts with a couple, which is disrupted by airplanes. Then, the woman's sadness is replaced by the arrival of a baby. Yet, she quickly ages as she waits for a letter and the image turns into a monument. The final scene is a mother and child looking out a window at a man, saying goodbye.
Enjoy. Sand Art Youtube Clip
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