I’m sure a lot of you have already heard about the Infinity Mirrored Room. If not, click the link below for more info.

Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room

I actually went ahead to experience it myself not only once but twice! Yes, you guys probably think I’m crazy but heyyyyy, it’s once in a lifetime. 😀 Both days, I waited a little over 3 hours. The first day was terrible because it was freezing outside. I really thought I was gonna lose my toes. Yeah, waiting in the cold made the wait unbearable and the experience less exciting. Once we finally got inside the David Zwirner Gallery, we had to wait another 10 minutes to get inside the actual room. The room can hold up to 3 people, and each group had only 45 seconds in the room. That means a malfunction with your camera is unacceptable! Everyone had to be ready to take selfies once that door shuts.

The second time I went, I definitely was able to appreciate the room more. And the weather was great, so that was an A+. It was actually the last day of the exhibit so a lot more people were there. The line wrapped around two blocks by 9AM. Good thing I got there at 7:30. Phew. They eventually had to cut people off because they simply couldn’t accomodate everyone. At first I felt bad, but in the end I was like, “SORRY NOT SORRY! Should’ve been here earlier!”

I’m sure not a lot of people knew who Yayoi Kusama was before her exhibit. I was one of them but I made sure to know her better. This article definitely helped me understand her art a lot more. Most people who visit her infinity rooms probably do not know that she suffers from mental illness and has gained fame while being institutionalized. Her artwork is based on the hallucinations she sees on a daily basis, especially when she was a child. Her story definitely is the epitome of the phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” or in her case, an exhibit.

Here is a picture of myself inside the Infinity Mirrored Room:

“By obliterating one’s individual self, one returns to the infinite universe.” –Yayoi Kusama

The title is a total lie because it’s currently 60-something degrees outside. Shorts weather, anyone?

Anyways, check this artistic dude out. Super rad. He must have killer leg muscles!

Man Walks All Day to Create Massive Snow Patterns

I just had to share this amazing, unique artist, Brian Lai. He draws in negative…

I can barely draw in not negative.

http://youtu.be/iQbNW3lRPFU

One of my friends sent me this and I was fascinated. It’s pretty interesting to see such a timeless instrument used in modern music and the result is fabulous. It does not bear such fame as the Philharmonic, but it is very enjoyable. You can do anything with art and that’s the key.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKcZ551Ex4w

If I had have heard about what this guy was planning to do before it all played out, I might have thought he was unrealistic. But after watching the video, I realized that there’s a much bigger thing on focus here, that we need to remember that every human being is unique and full of potential. We don’t know other people’s stories and so we shouldn’t be the ones judging or discriminating against them. I’m not saying that everyone does so but sometimes we do it on instinct and we have to realize that we don’t know the circumstances they’ve gone through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11u3vtcpaY

Kids like Logan Laplante fascinate me. He gave this talk when he was 13. What was I doing at that age? I can tell you it wasn’t making intelligent points about America’s public schools… At 2:59, he tells you what we all need to be happy. Then, at 6:45, he tells you all about what his education actually looks like. I think it looks pretty great … and you just might agree. And now this makes me regret a little for not doing the same with my education and following my learning interests completely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7rhVub0rU

I’ve seen this video being advertised in multiple social networking sites but never really watched it till now. And what I saw was truly fascinating. Normally you’d would expect a large name corporation to possibly reject such a project idea and to donate the money at a press conference to gain popularity. I was truly touched by one man’s journey to follow his desire to help those in need climb back onto their feet.

“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”

“I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

“If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders — what would you tell him to do? I don’t know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.”

So I’ve been meaning to post this all semester, but never got around to it. Not the #1 blogger here. But these are few words from one of the most amazing authors/philosphers Ayn Rand. Those of you who haven’t heard of her, she’s written such works as Atlas Shrugged, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and a few more strictly on her philosophy Objectivism. I LOVE Rand. I think her thoughts are really interesting. Ever since reading her stuff, I’ve thought of a lot of things.

As in, why does morality preach that being selfish is wrong, and selfless is good? Doesn’t selfless mean…without a self?? And why is it so wrong, such a horrible thing to say: I love myself. And to think that I am better than others? And that not all people are equal? A lot of you are probably hating me right now….but it just doesn’t make sense to me. What makes someone else better than you? And how can anyone see it as rational to put yourself down to make someone else feel better?

You can make art out of anything. Even out of Rubix’s cubes: http://koikoikoi.com/2011/11/dream-big-by-peter-fecteau/. This is a pretty clever use of Rubix’s cubes besides its common use, but the amount they spent on the cubes surely does seem counterintuitive if you’re an artist (according to the stereotype that artists are poor). The Rubix’s cubes were rented and costed approximately a whopping $8,000. I wonder how one can make much profit out of this, but regardless of the price this is an inspirational piece of art and is extremely ingenious.

I remember when we went to a Korean art gallery at Chelsea many people found the pieces strange or plain boring, but I found some really beautiful and innovative pieces by a Korean Artist: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/04/ephemeral-portraits-cut-from-layers-of-wire-mesh-by-seung-mo-park/.

Each piece looks very real, some almost like an old photograph, but it is actually made out of wire upon wire upon wire that is either cut or manipulated a certain way. Kudos to the artist for such amazing work, as it probably takes a lot of time and tedious work to create these pieces.

The artist’s website: http://www.seungmopark.com/