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Earthscapes: Art that Goes Out with the Tide

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For Andres Amador, the earth is his canvas, literally. Instead of paintbrushes or pencils, Amador uses garden rakes to create beautifully crafted designs in the sand. From his hands emerge bold graphics, symmetrical sequences and organic patterns. The medium of using sand means sustainable designs that come from the earth and return to the earth. While there is no permanence to Amador’s art, he does not feel a loss after the tide reclaims his work — he feels complete.

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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” â€• Pablo Picasso

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Geoff Ball

the embodiment of meditation in a physical artistic movement

David

Very similar to the beautiful work of Simon Beck on snow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDMuN6YOWFs

Diana Turner-Forte

“I feel complete.” Wonderful sharing. The power of art. Thank you.

Margaret

What inspired me about this video is that it it is the perfect illustration of non-attachment in Buddhist philosophy. That he can feel joy and bliss in creating impermanent art is amazing. I once saw a group of Buddhist monks who were finishing a huge and beautiful mandala created with coloured sand. The next day the mandala was going to sent into the ocean. Andres so reminded me of that experience.

Valery

The innovation of his artistic mind, but more so the ability to "let go".
Thought there must be a better use for drones than spying. Fantastic notion.

Ingelise S. Jensen

What a beautiful human being and soul - with a footprint as light as an angel's touch...now you see it, and then it's gone, leaving a permanent imprint on my heart - of blissful impermanence and change....what my own soul is constantly urging me to know and be, over and above the willfulness of my mind.

Patti

This man's inner being, his soul, his spirit, his sense & depth of our universe. Sheer brilliance. I would like to get inside his mind. To reach this inner peace.

Vonnie

The video made me smile. How talented and how beautiful. People 'playing' in the sand and having such fun. I think we should all stop now and then and do likewise.
Thank you.

Rosanna

What inspired me is that the artist thought out of the box and instead went within to find his niche in the world, which allows him now to inspire and help others.

Esther Tanahashi

What inspired me? The process, the sharing, the beauty and the impermanense!
It's like a huge drawing board and every time the waves come, you get a new canvas!

Mona Wolfert

Andres shows and shares his deep connection with nature. Free yourself to play, let go, such a valuable lesson. And then the clincher for me was...all that work, time and effort taken back by the ocean. My dad used to say "There is nothing more permanent in life than change". I used to hate it when he said it, but Andres's lesson here is to indeed let go...tomorrow is another day. :)

Loni Todoroki

I've seen an older man do this who did "realism" as well...I was surprised that it was a young man with some of the same philosophy. BOTH extremely inspirational. Everything changes...do not fear, but rejoice in it!

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