Beautiful Things Take Time

A few years back I saw an amazing video, a collection of short films by William Kentridge, a South African artist who works with charcoal, prints, collages, stop-animation, film and theater to create extremely inspirational pieces. Its funny how the brain remembers and forgets. I had forgotten his name, all I remembered were his thought provoking images. And the feeling I got when I watched his film that most likely took months and months to create because every image he drew with charcoal he would then erase and draw some more so that it came to life before your eyes. So I’ve been on a google hunt to find his name and his works, which wasnt easy because this is all I knew: artist that draws and erases on film, anyway after a day or two I found him but I am still looking for the film.

Here is a wonderful quote from him: “The drawings don’t start with ‘a beautiful mark’. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It doesn’t have to be an accurate drawing, but it has to stand for an observation, not something that is abstract, like an emotion.”

Here is a great article on him.

Here are some of his pieces.

And here is what he is up to now.

This video isnt the one I was looking for but very beautiful non the less. I love how you can see where he has erased, its so simple yet there is so much story…oh the power of the pencil.

Enjoy!

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