Between the Folds
I recently watched Between the Folds, a documentary by Vanessa Gould on Origami. It wasn't about your typical swan folding or box making, it was much more than that. It followed several different people coming from different back rounds, an architect, an artists, an engineer, all creating different ways to fold paper. there is so much more to origami than meets the eye. It is a series of folding and refolding in a particular manner, or free handing it to create some sort of design or pattern. The way their minds process the paper and see the different ways of folding reminds me some what of what a choreographer does while creating a piece. They both see all the different paths they could take, whether it be simple or complex, geometric or organic. They also enjoy the process of getting to the finished product as much as the final creation. This film was truly interesting and opened my mind to a whole new form of creativity and expression.
