I was watching this lovely Ukrainian sand art video:



And then saw this which is supposedly an audition for a talent show gone very, very wrong!



Is this for real?!

OMG SYNCH! I just recieved a sand art vid a couple of weeks ago from my friend Bill. Suprisingly, it is by the same woman. But I warn you, this one will pull at your heart strings.

After watching Bill's video, I sent him the one that I posted here in the late summer/early fall. I think I sent it to you by email Alisa. If I can figure out how to create a hot link I will include Bill's video & the one I sent you by email, at the end of this post. It is important to read the email b/4 watching the video, it explains a lot.

Didn't work...let me see what I can do, maybe you could pull out your magic wand Alisa!

Jaim...to post a YouTube, just copy the imbedded code next to the video. Then paste it in to your post. The under "Markup" below where you post, pull down the menu and choose using HTML and UBB Code. I'll paste an image for you in here...brb.

Thank you Alisa, but I actually post alot of You Tube vids by that exact process & never really have a problem. What I can't figure out is how to post those little 'read me' or 'here' links that lead to your journals & articals in an email. I can't figure that out.

Do you think you could help with that? You're such a wiz at that stuff! Thanks I really appreciate it.

I was actually in the process of IM-ing you when this post popped up. Thank you for going through the trouble of the You Tube thing, but it's really not that problem I'm having. I'm still going to IM you, because there's another issue I'm having on the site too. I'm going to send you a full example of what I'm experiencing, & maybe you'll know what to do?

Thank you so much.

Ohhhh! Okay, so you want to do a clickable link?

If so, click the earth/link symbol (I'll attach an image).

Then Enter the complete URL for the link you wish to add when prompted, such as:

http://www.aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=47315#Post47315

Then it will say: Now enter the title of the webpage you are linking to.

Type in whatever you like, such as: See my OMGosh post.

Is this what you wanted?

Also, there might be a question as to how to direct to an individual post within a topic (so it doesn't just go to the first post, but rather one post specifically). In that case, you could past in for example:

http://www.aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=47315#Post47315

But manually change the end of this link to reflect the post # you want such as #47319

http://www.aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=47315#Post47319

Let me know if I'm still not on the right track!

YES! YOU ARE RIGHT ON TRACK, THANK YOU! So it's called a clickable link? Thank you sooo much, you rock! :0)

Forgot to attach the image to that last post. So here it is.

Thanks Alisa. First I'm just going to post it like I usually do...just to get it up here for you to see. Then I'll take the time to learn how to post a clickable link. I appreciate your help.

I did try that earthlink button before I asked for your help, but I put my email addy in (that's what it prompted me to do). And my addy did show up as a link as it does in any email, but when clicked on, it takes me nowhere. so I deleted the link.Let me post this the 'old faithful' way, then I'll try the other way again.If it goes through both ways, I'll delete one.

Thanks again, you are always such a great help! xo

THIS IS THE ACTUAL EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED FROM MY FRIEND BILL, IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS OVER SOMETHING I NEVER EVEN EXPERIENCED. I LOVE THIS WOMAN'S WORK & I THINK IT'S THE SAME WOMAN IN YOUR VIDEO ALISA. ENJOY!





Don’t dare to miss this amazing Video Clip . . . but first read the following.

This video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent," Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II.

Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.

The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears, and she won the top prize of about $130,000.

She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.

It is replaced by a woman's face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman's face appears.

She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.

This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house.

In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye.

The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine , resulted in one in four of the population being killed, with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.

Kseniya Simonova says: "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment."

Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art.

click on the link below –
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg


Here is the one I posted last fall...
HAPPY.wmv (7510KB)

OK, that doesn't work for the second one. I'll use the other method to post the other vid...I shall return.

Thanks for that, Jaime. I remember seeing it when you sent it to me before.