Comments on: Drawing in Sand: Kseniya Simonova

By: charlotte personal injury lawyer

charlotte personal injury lawyer — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:41:54 +0000

Wonderfully done. This is creative and just mind blowing!

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:32:44 +0000

This is really amazing. I could never do anything like itwith years of training. I thought the last part was the soilder returning home from the war.

By: Vitaly

Vitaly — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:41:22 +0000

Couple of correction: the show is not specific to Ukrainian role and suffering during WWII but the whole USSR as it was part of then. Also, the language is Russian, not Ukrainian.

And, finally, the last scene is mother and son sitting at the window waiting for their father to miraculously come back – he appears thru the window as if in their imagination – with a promise that We will wait for you forever.

Of course, these corrections don’t change much…

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:49:43 +0000

So evocative–wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

By: Nikky

Nikky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:38:58 +0000

I first came across this a couple of months ago from NPR.A reporter was playing the music in the background and describing the scenes flowing from her fingers.The music alone absolutely convinced me to watch this.Her talent is mesmerizing.

By: Therese

Therese — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:29:12 +0000

Whether or not “this type of animation has been around for awhile,” this is an extremely poignant work of art, and the FAA post is truly edifying. Thank you, AndrÃ©a, for enriching our lives with these little capsules of art and history!

By: kcz

kcz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:39:41 +0000

for those of us that used to go to Spike and Mike Animation Festivals, this type of animation has been around for a while.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:02:57 +0000

To me the last part is a child bidding his father goodbye, which becomes their reunion years later (notice how the child obtains more grown-up clothes) at the window of the house where they said goodbye.

By: Annon

Annon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:12:32 +0000

Thanks for this post. One comment:

“…ending with a mother and child saying goodbye to a soldier.”

I had interpreted the ending differently – a mother and child greeting a returning soldier – since the war ended in 1945. But then again, the soldier appears to be behind a window (of a train?). It’s hard to say…

By: Josiah

Josiah — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:58:24 +0000

I remember seeing this a while back. My entire family was struck by her raw talent. That’s not the sort of thing somebody teaches you. God just reaches down and bestows talent on some people.

I don’t even understand the words, but it’s a very emotional performance nevertheless.

10/10!