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A Tale of War, Told with Sand

Posted by red pill junkie at 01:55, 07 Aug 2009

I would like to share with you this incredible video, from the TV show Ukraine's Got Talent, where a young and talented artist —Kseniya Simonova— captivated the audience not with her voice, or dance skills; but by using sand paintings to tell a story about the German invasion to Ukraine on WWII.

To think that the scenes were made in real time, using the simplest of tools, effectively telling a sequential story, is mind-boggling. And the expression on the audience's faces are clear sign that they were all deeply moved by the fleeting images.

The girl won, by the way :)

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Wow

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Posted by bladerunner on 07 Aug 2009 at about 15:24.

That was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Fantastic!

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she's a genius. puts all the

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Posted by Jameske on 08 Aug 2009 at about 01:51.

she's a genius. puts all the crap shown on talents shows here to shame.

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Agreed

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Posted by red pill junkie on 08 Aug 2009 at about 02:43.

Like Jerry Beck, the guy who posted this over at Cartoon Brew, I find very refreshing how a person who deals with plastic arts was selected over the usual generic child singer or the dancers with the fake boobs and trimmed eyebrows :)

It reminds us that "talent" is something much more broad and richer than the usual disciplines that are exploited by the mass media.

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