Saturday, December 3, 2011

Looking outward or inward

Big Frank has been watching YouTube and has been struck by two different types of programs that do a good job of showing the preoccupations of people: on themselves and the outside world.  When you view the two in sequence the contrast is a stark one.  One sequence - the changing nature of my face, has a huge number of videos that you can watch.  These are essentially one person's face shown over the passage of time, just that one face day after day after day.  Contrast that with the changes that can be seen in nature.  Pay attention to how you feel when you watch these two kinds of videos and that difference in feelings tells you everything.

Here's an example of the first kind - one face, one picture taken every day for 3 years:




Next, and what a contrast, is some wonderful contrast is a video from the TED from Louie Schwartzberg on gratitude.  He is an award winning photographer whose film on the changes in nature are beautiful.  His presentation and film truly does lead to being more grateful for being here today.

1 comment:

Gina said...

oh my god,
louis schwartzberg is a genius. thanks for the wonderful share. :)