BLOWN Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 This is amazing. I got this from another site. This is from Ukraine's Got Talent. I recieved this in an email and was mesmerized until she finished. This video shows the winner of 2009's " 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. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $75,000. 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." http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg#t=00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NordicShelby Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 WOW that is truely incredible. I have never seen anything like that. I could watch her for hours. I bet we will be seeing more of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08 snake Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Very cool thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtkeith Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 She has a God given gift...Awesome thanks for sharing that with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUFDRAFT Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I can't find the right words - - brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontech Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Peaceful, calm and beautiful. Thanks... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 awesome talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabo Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingram4868 Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wish I had that kind of vision. When I look at sand that is all I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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