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Ida Walked Away from takcom™ on Vimeo.

After watching this video I really had no clue as to what the artist wanted me to get out of the it. Like I do with a lot of complex videos, I watched it again to see if I was missing anything. As I watched it again I started to see a pattern appearing. The video starts off with someone walking, it seems as if he is walking on air or even clouds for that matter, which can be understood through the light blue color underneath his feet. What I noticed, after watching the video 5 times, is that every time he looks up there is something blocking his view. The first time he looks up it is a city skyline and the second time it is a forest. From the title itself "Ida walked away," the artist could be talking about walking away from his fears. At one point in the video it seems like he is reaching for the divine, seeing as these random shapes begin to form a rope for him to follow. Once he reaches the divine he can fly over the trees and fly over the city, which to me, symbolizes the way he would get away from his fears. Everything from this point makes sense but as the video goes along I get lost and no matter how many times I watch it, I still do not seem to understand what is really going on. Having watched many videos, this is by far the most abstract I have ever seen. Abstract art is something I enjoy looking at, even though it may make my head hurt for the rest of the day. This is because it keeps me thinking.

This abstract video in particular is very interesting because it looks very choppy, but that choppiness is what makes it so interesting. It seems like the artist made it look like a rough video on purpose seeing as it adds to the effect and the message, which I have not fully understood. The artist uses a good selection of colors to go along with this theme of showing a rough messy video, which came out look very good in the end.

You maybe wondering why I chose this video if I did not even understand it. Well do you have to truly understand art to like it? And is it even possible to understand art as if it were you own?

In my opinion art is a game whereby everyone has there own understanding of what is actually going on and why it is that way. That is what makes art so fun!

-source- http://new-art.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-gentle-uncertainty.html