The Lights on 35E

Nothing jumpstarts your creativity more when your in a rut than looking at someone else's "lack-of-rut". Whether its a documentary, animated film, prose, poetry, music, dance or video art, seeing the other ways that people display creativity always gets the gears turning. And though I would consider my situation more of a "crisis of faith in art" than a rut, It was clear I needed to get my brain off of "thinking mode" and give it something to simply take in. While your parents told you that watching TV (among other things) turns your brain to mush, the right things for the right amount of time no doubt give it a bit of time to recover, learn, and think about something else. And if you're anything like me, brain recovery is a necessity. So luckily, one of my friends is experimenting with video. It's not Kubrick (yet), its not even Micheal Bay (thank god), but its a different way to look at things and it provides a new way of seeing the world around you. One of his first experimentations in time-lapse was a simple shot of Highway 35E in MN. Nothing groundbreaking, I know, but there is something beautiful about watching the world move.

Behold, my reaction to the 35E video by BRADLEY KUNTZ entitled "Lights on the 35."
24x48" made with acrylic, pastel, and paint marker on board.