This is beautiful

I'd like to take a break on home improvement reporting to share something that a friend shared with me through Facebook.



This is a piece of history that I must admit to being totally ignorant about. This incredibly talented artist tells us the story of Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII using a light box and sand. Only the most dead of heart could watch this without feeling an emotional connection to the lives depicted in the sand. The inscription she writes at the end says, "you are always near."

This young woman is the winner of Ukraine's Got Talent television show. I think if our own domestic "talent" competitions were as illuminating, I would probably watch them. I don't know what the difference between good art and high art is. But I believe that real artists do more than entertain; they provoke thought. True art forces us to look at our history, our society, and ourselves in a way that makes us evaluate what we think, we know, we believe.

Apparently they appreciate real art and real artists in the Ukraine. I think we have a lot to learn from this former Soviet Republic.

P.S. Yes our stink pipe is repaired. More on that later.