I recently just watched the documentary, "Between The Folds", which is a documentary about the art of Origami. There is really only one word that I can use to describe what I watched:
BREATHTAKING
Until viewing this film, I never knew the true art of origami. It is really incredible. To just think, "Wow, how can something so magnificent and detailed be made out of a simple piece of paper." I was genuinely mezmorized at the intricate passion put into making such beautiful shapes by folding paper. One cannot fathom the amount of work and time put into folding paper.
The picture shown above displays a piece of art made by the "father of Origami", Akira Yoshizawa. Yoshizawa quit a factory job to focus on origami. He made thousands of origami pieces of art and sold not one piece. That to me shows the passion he had for a simple work of art.
Yoshizawa was "Interpreting the world in paper". Just think, one piece of square paper. It's just amazing to me how much can be made out of one piece of square paper.
I mean, the work put it to it is unbelievable. People will work hundreds of hours to produce one piece of art out of paper.
One man in the video (can't remember his name) explained that the quality of any given piece of representational origami isn't necessarily reflected by how closely it resembles its subject. For example, take a simple painting of geometric shapes with a few colors and a picture of a vase of flowers. Some may say the picture of flowers is much better, but in reality it's not. What makes the flowers better than the geometric shapes? Nothing at all.
You know, I could go on and on and on about the incredible art of origami, but instead i'll end it here. I loved the video, and it truly made me appreciate this type of art. It is breathtaking.
Signing off:
Vic!
