Welcome to a semi-recurring feature on WORLDOFHURTONLINE.COM: Off-Topic Mondays.  Occasionally,  I have ideas, questions, or notions that I can’t even tangentially relate to Blaxploitation, and since it would be irresponsible to litter the Intenet landscape with another blog, I came up with Off-Topic Mondays, with all apologies to Gangstarr Girl’s Blaxploitation Friday.

I found this on YouTube via The Huffington Post.  Visual artist, Kseniya Simonova was featured on the Ukrainian version of Britain’s Got Talent creating live “sand animation” depicting the German invasion of Ukraine during World War II.  I was transfixed by the beauty of Ms. Simonova’s work, the sureness of her hand, confidence in her skills, and the absolute mastery of her chosen medium.  It reminds me of the animated film, Persepolis, based on Marjane Satrapi’s critically-acclaimed graphic novel of the same name, but Ms. Simonova’s work remains a stunning, ephemeral, unique work of art…no, an experience…all its own. Again, it’s got absolutely nothing to do with Blaxploitation, but I felt obligated to share this beautiful work with you to start your week.

- JEP