Happy August!

I have been closeted away working on top secret stuff and away from the blogosphere for too long. It’s tough posting new info when what you’re working on is top secret!

But seeing as my mission is also to inspire you with wondrous things, I can direct you toward this video, which I learned about through my colleagues at the Picture Book Artists Association. It’s a haunting performance by a young woman called Kseniya Simonova, appearing on the programme “Ukraine’s Got Talent”. Kseniya makes moving pictures with sand on a surface to tell a story. By the end of the clip, you will know what the story is about and have a pretty strong sense of the impact it has on the audience. I would argue that the theme of Kseniya’s work is still quite embedded in the Ukrainian national consciousness. Without saying anything else, I invite you to click here to see the video.