Some say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but what of the minute wonders in our world that are too small to behold? What could be better than expanding our perspectives on beauty!
Take the colors and geometric symmetry in the following photo by the amazing cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg.
Source: Louie Schwartzberg // YouTube
This stunning marvel of nature is a butterfly egg as captured by Louis Schwartzberg, who is throwing new and compelling light on the microscopic world around us.
He is also a pioneer capturing the intersection of big data and unseen patterns with radical time-lapse imagery.
And where are all these imperceptibly petite wonders and patterns in the world? They are everywhere we look and in everything we do. They are on our skin, in every puddle, on the surface of every piece of fruit, and on every dollar bill. Literally every surface, and even non-surfaces like the wind, is brimming with life so remarkably designed that seeing it for the first time is mind-bending.
Today’s EWC article circles back to a video we first featured in the very earliest days of this project, when not more than a handful of people were visiting us. Now with 100,000 views a month, we had to bring this stunning work back to the surface!
Are you a fan of TED.com? We certainly are! We have been curating the best TED Talks for years and this is surely one of the most beautiful and inspiring. Let’s take a look at this wonder:
Lovely, huh?
Isn’t it a delight when a thought leader like Mr. Schwartzberg pulls back the curtain on things so remarkably common? It seems to connect us all, when we celebrate a mystery we will have to just get comfortable with. And most of all it reminds us that true understanding may always be somewhere over an ever progressing horizon.
This kind of reveal always leaves me pondering what other marvels are right under our noses. What else is invisible, but totally relevant to our every waking minute?
If you’d like to see more of Schwartzberg’s amazing work, you can visit an enterprise he founded called Moving Art. There you will find some answers to Louie’s initial question: “Where is the intersection between technology, art, and science?”
Source: Phrog Eye Photo
Oh, and how about Louie’s comment about beauty being nature’s tool for survival?
Schwartzberg says,
“I hope my films inspire and open people’s hearts. Beauty is nature’s tool for survival – you protect what you love. If I can move enough people on an emotional level, I hope we can achieve the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life.” 2
I don’t know if that could be said any better!
His sentiments and work stand in perfect alignment with the reason we created this website. Despite what the relentless 24-hour news cycle tells us, this is still a thoroughly amazing world.
Meanwhile, stay open, curious and hopeful!
~ Dr. Lynda
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Oh! And if you love Mr. Schwartzberg’s work, we have featured articles about two other video wonders he’s created. Don’t miss our early article (one of our most-shared) with beautiful narration done by extraordinary ordinary people.
Here’s another piece that will leave your mouth a little agape!
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Notes:
- Schwartzberg, Louie. “Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden Miracles of the Natural World.” YouTube. TED, 9 Apr. 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiZqn6fV-4Y>. ↩
- “Louie Schwartzberg | Moving Art by Louie Schwartzberg.” Moving Art by Louie Schwartzberg. Moving Art, n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2016. <https://movingart.com/louie-schwartzberg/>. ↩
