Videos

I watched the video of Vik Muniz and how he makes art out of everyday things. I really enjoyed watching this and learning about his life and how he started doing projects like this. When he told the story of being shot, I was amazed that he was able to pull himself up and get to the united states and do what he does.

I also like his descriptions of creativity and how he sees it in everything, even on the fur of a dog, which I thought was hysterical. Some of my favorite images were the half tomb stone for someone who isn't dead yet, the clouds, wire drawings that look like pencil drawings, ,but my favorite was when he took white sugar and put it over black paper and made pictures of children. I thought that was a one of a kind thing that you won't see anywhere else. It was great.

The next video I watched was Ueli Gegenschatz soars in a wingsuit. I like how the people start out telling us about their lives and what they did to make them want to do what they are doing. The paragliding, skydiving and freediving are scary enough, but what he does is just scary, but amazing. Wingsuit flying looks just like flying like a bird. I would have never of believed it was possible to be out there actually flying on your own like a bird. His favorite was base jumping, which seems nuts to me, but he really seemed to love it. The shot of him on top of the air balloon was especially cool.

Even though I find it very sad that he died doing these tricks, I'm sure he was very happy with his life and doing what he loved to do. We may not understand it, but we can respect him for the achievements that he made.