Ball of Light

Denis Smith was once in high-pressure sales, but found that the lifestyle was destroying him. Now he paints with light - a type of photography that involves leaving the shutter open for long nighttime exposures, and then creating shapes by waving various light sources around in front of the lens. Humans generally move too fast and aren't reflective enough to even register as a blur in the resulting photo - the light forms seem to stand on their own, and to have their own existence and life.

Smith has gravitated toward a particular shape in his light painting - the "ball of light" - in which he stands very still in one place and swings a light on a string around him to create an almost perfect sphere. I love this story so much - it's inspirational in so many ways. Take 15 minutes off your day and watch this:

Ball Of Light from Sam Collins on Vimeo.

Find the original documentary link here:

http://documentaryheaven.com/ball-of-light/

Watching the Watchers

I love this crazy French street artist. He goes by the moniker 'JR.'



Watch the video, and I dare you not to be emotionally moved by it. I see him accomplishing a very simple act: He gives the unseen the ability to be seen, in the act of SEEING. He gives them power that way.

When your mother's eyes are plastered, four stories high, across a favela wall that overlooks the entire valley, how will you feel about hitting your wife?