You MUST see this!!!

Barron · 11-10-2009, 07:19 AM

Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3...layer_embedded

A mindblowing and uplifting 8 minute clip. Start watching it and i guarantee you will still be watching it right thru to the end!

Way cool!

Enjoy!

iainl140285 · 11-10-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Barron

Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3...layer_embedded

A mindblowing and uplifting 8 minute clip. Start watching it and i guarantee you will still be watching it right thru to the end!

Way cool!

Enjoy!

Amazing vid!

Seashore · 11-10-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Barron

Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3...layer_embedded

Stunning! Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barron

Way cool!

I thought I was the only adult who uses that expression!

Anchor · 11-10-2009, 10:20 AM

Freaking awesome!

artvision · 11-10-2009, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barron

kseniya simonova's amazing sand drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vohf3...layer_embedded

a mindblowing and uplifting 8 minute clip. Start watching it and i guarantee you will still be watching it right thru to the end!

Way cool!

Enjoy!

simply beautiful!

11-10-2009, 11:25 AM

Fascinating and the girl is HOT... most Slavic women are...

happyhollergal · 11-11-2009, 07:54 AM

Barron, thank you so much for sharing that. Her work is fascinating and the reaction of the audience shows how deeply her art touches the heart. I was captivated from the moment the video started. I can't draw a stick person, so I very much admire those who have those natural abilities.

metaw3 · 12-20-2009, 10:02 PM

I got an email about it.

She is so talented. My first thought was whether she practised a lot. She practises around 5 hours a day, from 10:30 pm to 3 am, when her child is sleeping. She sleeps 3 to 4 hours a night:
http://translate.google.com/translat...tbb=1&ie=UTF-8

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Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing

Kseniya Simonova, 24 years old, first price winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent". Amazing !

Dont miss this amazing, eight minute Video Clip but first read about it...

This video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch and you've never seen anything like it.

The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00

She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated. It is replaced by a woman's face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman's face appears. She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.

This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house. In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.

Kseniya Simonova says:
"I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment."

Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art.

A different one from the same artist:
Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing 2

Scarab · 12-20-2009, 10:15 PM

That was cool. I never heard of sand painting before today.

mudra · 12-20-2009, 10:18 PM

Thank you Baron ,

I had seen this amazing talented woman's art work before but
I notice that I watched it once more today with as much pleasure and awe
as before .
When it ends you could easily see some more..

Love from me
mudra

Ross H · 12-21-2009, 02:20 AM

Im speechless...

Thanks Barron...

371 · 12-21-2009, 02:25 AM

That is awesome! Love it.

Ross H · 12-21-2009, 02:28 AM

Nice...Metallica...'nothin else matters' symphonic version...

Luminari · 12-21-2009, 04:11 AM

Thanks Barron,

Brook first posted this in the Lounge a few months ago and it absolutely blew me away!! Astonishing and inspiring that anyone could be that talented, let alone to do that in realtime with a live audience and TV cameras. To top it off she is stunningly beautiful just like her soul that expresses itself so magically through her art. What a positive reminder that humans can be so lovely.

11-10-2009, 07:19 AM	#1
Barron Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 358	You MUST see this!!! Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3...layer_embedded A mindblowing and uplifting 8 minute clip. Start watching it and i guarantee you will still be watching it right thru to the end! Way cool! Enjoy!

11-10-2009, 10:20 AM	#4
Anchor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,280	Re: You MUST see this!!! Freaking awesome!

11-10-2009, 11:25 AM	#6
Spregovori Guest Posts: n/a	Re: You MUST see this!!! Fascinating and the girl is HOT... most Slavic women are... Last edited by Spregovori; 11-10-2009 at 11:34 AM.

11-11-2009, 07:54 AM	#7
happyhollergal Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Rutherfordton, NC Posts: 181	Re: You MUST see this!!! Barron, thank you so much for sharing that. Her work is fascinating and the reaction of the audience shows how deeply her art touches the heart. I was captivated from the moment the video started. I can't draw a stick person, so I very much admire those who have those natural abilities.

12-20-2009, 10:15 PM	#9
Scarab Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 221	Re: You MUST see this!!! That was cool. I never heard of sand painting before today.

12-20-2009, 10:18 PM	#10
mudra Avalon Spiritual Mother Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: belgium Posts: 4,919	Re: You MUST see this!!! Thank you Baron , I had seen this amazing talented woman's art work before but I notice that I watched it once more today with as much pleasure and awe as before . When it ends you could easily see some more.. Love from me mudra

12-21-2009, 02:20 AM	#11
Ross H Project Avalon Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 507	Re: You MUST see this!!! Im speechless... Thanks Barron... __________________ Ross H, formerly known as jross.

12-21-2009, 02:25 AM	#12
371 Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 503	Re: You MUST see this!!! That is awesome! Love it.

12-21-2009, 02:28 AM	#13
Ross H Project Avalon Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 507	Re: You MUST see this!!! Nice...Metallica...'nothin else matters' symphonic version... __________________ Ross H, formerly known as jross.

12-21-2009, 04:11 AM	#14
Luminari Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,570	Re: You MUST see this!!! Thanks Barron, Brook first posted this in the Lounge a few months ago and it absolutely blew me away!! Astonishing and inspiring that anyone could be that talented, let alone to do that in realtime with a live audience and TV cameras. To top it off she is stunningly beautiful just like her soul that expresses itself so magically through her art. What a positive reminder that humans can be so lovely.

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