This Year's Goals + Cai Guo-Qiang

Photo Public Delivery via @Matthew McCormick

How is 2017 treating yous hence far? Jan is ever a skillful fourth dimension to verbalize almost goals as well as plans for the yr ahead, as well as amongst all that happened final yr inwards the world, approaching 2017 has been a trivial fleck challenging for us (how has it been for you?).



That is until nosotros watched "Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang" (thank yous Matthew McCormick for the recommendation nosotros institute on your instagram); a documentary out on Netflix which captures the operate as well as thoughts of Cai Guo-Qiang, a contemporary Chinese creative individual (now living inwards New York) who has been exploring diverse mediums since 1986, precisely to a greater extent than specifically it's his fireworks (gunpowder drawings - that fill upwards the heaven amongst colorful smoke as well as shimmering light) which stimulate got exploded him onto the globe phase (remember the Bejing Olympics Ceremony)?  In this documentary, Cai's (pronounced "Sigh") operate as well as life's dreams are uncovered as well as how he applies it to the globe stage, keeping his authenticity as well as integrity inwards check.  It has us re-examining our ain work/ life goals as well as right away inspiring us to stimulate got on the novel year.

Photo past times Zhang Feiyu, Cai Studio

With that said, nosotros stimulate got been planning a few novel serial hither on the spider web log for the novel yr which nosotros think volition last inspiring as well as can't hold off to launch inwards the adjacent distich of weeks.  We stimulate got too been thinking dorsum on what inspired us to start the spider web log inwards the kickoff house (almost 12 years right away - this March) as well as nosotros hold off frontward to hitting the reset push clit as well as returning approximately of that essence every bit nosotros hold off forward.

In the meantime as well as for the weekend, if yous don't stimulate got fourth dimension to spotter the documentary, nosotros travel out yous amongst Cai's explosion outcome (below), nosotros institute for the opening of Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave exhibition at the Power Station of Art inwards Shanghai from 2014. Sure to inspire! And if yous remove to a greater extent than inspiration, nosotros highly recommend "Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang" on Netflix.  Happy Fri as well as nosotros promise you'll bring together us this yr hither on the blog!

Photo past times Zhang Feiyu,  Cai Studio

Photo past times Zhang Feiyu, Cai Studio

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