I Want My MTV

For those of you old enough (I include myself in that group) to not only remember the time when MTV actually played music videos but to have been there to see the first video ('Video Killed the Radio Star' by the Buggles), this post is dedicated especially to you!

I find it ironic that MTV was one of the first media outlets to highlight quick cuts in video editing, which seem to me to be the precursor to the shortening and shortening of social media posts (e.g. Twitter).  Ironic because now social media videos themselves (e.g., YouTube and Vimeo) are being shortened (e.g., Vine - which btw is very cool if you have not checked it out yet).

But I digress. These thoughts are just the preamble to the real point of this post: sharing a few videos for your entertainment and some creative inspiration.

Many of you have heard me talk about Patricia Larsen, my good friend who was the original catalyst for me entering into the world of art. Here is a short, one-minute video of her in action, creating one of her ethereal abstracts...

Patricia Larsen from Luis Valdizon on Vimeo.

This is a video that I originally posted in 2008. I am bringing it back because it still makes me smile. Ignore the fact that it is a commercial for a product and just enjoy. And to answer your inevitable question -- these are real and not digital!

And finally a video from Roxanne Evans Stout. I had the pleasure of spending some time with her on my recent visit to Oregon and we spent a full day in her garden (you know, the one from the title of her blog River Garden Studio) making art. She introduced me to encaustic painting and was a wonderfully creative and patient teacher. She created this video as the evidence :-)

Garden Encaustics from Roxanne Evans Stout on Vimeo.