What an astounding man! Please get all his memories down in a tape recorder....he has lived an amazing life in an amazing time ...just wow. Creativity is a life force.
The number of artists who lived to a great age and were mentally sharp right up to the end is too large for there not to be some causation. It seems to be mainly visual artists. Some writers, but mostly artists.
while everyone seems focused on bio-hacking and the next drug, it feels like "art" and/or creating is a ticket to a long and healthy life. great video.
@highfades2594 I think finding your passion is the ticket to the long and healthy life. What makes you spring out of your bed each morning and can't wait to do? Sure there's a journey. But life is the journey so instead of complaining about it, smile and say well, why did that happen now? When you find your passion, the path becomes less muddled, people random or otherwise seem to turn up and ideas/dreams/ turn into physical form. Never give up on your dreams because of someone else's limitations.
I think people in that era and in the US especially had a real freedom. A new world, where you can follow your passions. Perhaps this new generation is also in that era…
To all young artists who are watching this… Do not ever give up on your craft…don’t set it down and say you’ll pick it back up later because before you know it later is here. Do what you have passion for not what society thinks you should do. If you love doing art then figure out a way to do it and get paid for it. God, sometimes I wish I could turn back the clock.
Craig and Wayne, let your dad know that he is greatly admired and appreciated. (I related to him and his life and work very much. I am a 75 year old painter (former architect, former biologist). I have painted all my life since knee high.) I hope he remains healthy and happy a long time to come. He seems like a "cool" guy. Best to all. Thanks for sharing.
Mr Joe Barnes is a vision of vitality for a man almost 100 years old. He has such fluidity, clear thought, and brilliant eloquence in the way he talks, moves, and paints. I want to be like Mr Barnes if I should ever get to 99 years old. What a beautiful video of a true lifelong artist. I guess that is the key to a long and healthy life span;-love something you do daily! Love your story, Mr. Barnes, your two boys must be so proud. Thank you, Joshua Charow!
A touching moment when he states that he cannot carry a weapon to kill people. This sensitivity also shows in his work. Thank you Joe and love and greetings from Germany.
As a young painter myself your videos bring a sense of direction into what hopefully will be my future. I love being able to peak into the lives and studios of these artists and see their personality and warmth shine through your filmography. Thank you so very much for sharing these works. You don’t know how much it means to me
This video made my morning. Joe is an amazing man and an inspiration to us all. Turning 66 recently was beginning to get to me but after watching Joe do what he loves at 99 has given me renewed vitality in my thinking and me made feel much younger again! Thanks also to Joshua for making this and for all the other videos he’s made that I’m about to watch (not all at once I hasten to add🤣). 👍🏻😎
This article was amazing. I’m so glad I took the time to read it. I am 73. I had a stroke. I am a painter, but I stop painting. I want to paint and thank you for giving me the wherewithal to paint again I knew I could. I know I can’t hold a brush, but I felt like I was missing something. It’s good to see you with so much joy doing the thing you love thank you for that.
This is a wonderful project. So many wonderful creative people do not get famous to the outside world and fade away. These documentary videos and photographs prevent that from happening. This man is amazing at his age!!
Crazy how it used to happen, you make a painting and enter it into a contest, you win and get funding for an exhibition at an established gallery, someone offers you a studio space and then you just roll right into it. Wish things were as accessible and straightforward as they seemed to be for some people in some moments and contexts, but this genuinely is an amazing story 💚
I love this, thank you, such a delight ! As a sixty one year painter/sculptor who loves to write too, I am so inspired by Joe as I've had "some distractions" along my road of life, always living as an artist yet having to adapt mediums, ect depending on other demands.... I've always had the urge and need to create, since I was a tiny child and into my sixth decade the forever large has continued to grow, calling me as a vivacious breath, stirring me even more, a new season of sorts...... Gentlemen I thank you for your time, sharing both an artist's journey and Josh capturing the precious beauty with your eye and conversations..... Wonderful. Craig, Wayne and family, kudos to you also as having a parent or parents that are authentic artists in every one of their cells is a unique journey in itself, usually unconventional and an experience of its own.
This man is a living icon in my humble opinion. The things this man has experienced in his lifetime boggle the mind. Truly a blessed individual as he continues to redefine what 'old age' is and isn't. I aspire to be one fraction as vibrant and youthful in my outlook on life as he seems to be at his age, if I get there that is. He is so Zen and content with his life. God bless you, Mr. Barnes.. You're my hero! 🤗🤗
This just came up out of the blue on my you tube. What an amazing man, hard to comprehend that he is nearly 100 years old. To think I was feeling at 59 I’m getting old, given me a whole new outlook.
As an artist I was so inspired watching this incredible man and I will as he says just keep painting I’m not bothered about being famous because bringing joy into people’s life through my work is enough.
I have the book! I was surprised how substantial it is. I have only looked at a couple of pages because I just know I'm never going to want it to end. Regards from Indiana!
I am very grateful to have watched this video today. Joe shared a positive attitude that encourages those who want to chase their dreams of being artists. Thank you, Joe.
What an amazing man! Omg not a single verbal misstep. Just amazing. I celebrate his long life and his art. Congratulations to his sons as well. What a treasure.
I've never seen anyone so well at this age, it is inspiring. I've been witnessed family and friends getting old, most of them are not well, specially their mind and memory.
At 70 I took up meditative drawing and 12 years later I'm still going strong with art. I draw every day like Joe😊...that and having animals really keeps me going, and I'll bet that Joe walks everywhere. It is that activity and mindfulness that makes us stay young. I hope I'm as strong as him when I reach 99..💖🙏
What a perfect video and perfect man. Enthralled with a life well lived.
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Thank you for sharing this story. Many of us seek our vocation in life, and it's not always easy to achieve it. Hearing from someone who has done so, with such calmness and wisdom, is inspiring and allows for reflection. I'm not an artist, but I appreciated the simplicity of the advice: 'Just paint'. Greetings from Chile, Tomás
My god, this man is amazing. My mom is 91 and can out garden me any day of the week. She transforms lawn into gardens and grows roses and tomatoes and everything in between. Her gardening passion has kept her young and active.
Josh, your photography is Amazing… The way you interview and capture the artist makes me feel like I know them and yet still want to know more about them… Very nice job. It must be amazing meeting so many interesting people.
Joshua, Thank you so much for these wonderful films. For, as an artist, they're inspirational, both the subject and how you make them. Hope you keep making them . Greetings from Ireland.
Incredible work, both you, the reporter, and the artist, Joe. Thank you for creating this masterpiece of an interview. Continue to bring light to amazing people and their work. I am so grateful that this came on my feed. ❤🙏🏼
This is such an heartwarming film and cinematography of a beautiful soul. He is younger than many soulless youths(includes myself!) in many aspects. I wish to age like him❤
Your channel is one of the most exiting things I found, for years. Love! And what a guy! When I am as fit as he is, when i'm 75, I would be very happy.
I so appreciate this series. It is uplifting and inspiring. You have a gift as an interviewer and photographer and I am very grateful to have found your work. The artists you have interviewed bring a certain hope to me. It is both amazing and humbling. Thank you.
What a wonderful tribute to very interesting person/ artist who doesn't look his age ! And what a studio..a lot of light and space .I greatly appreciate this post !!!!
This series is incredible. So beautifully filmed, the way you capture each artists unique personality in such a short video is amazing. I could watch these all day
He acts and talks like 20 years younger than his actual age. He seems to have still boy’s spirit with a help of strong meditational habit of creating visual art. Thank you for this.
Thanks for making this amazing video. It's inspiring! I feel older adults, their skills, experience, and talents are often not well recognized and exposed. Would be nice to see more videos like this.
Hi Joshua, I really love this series of videos that you have done and I’m hoping to get your book at some point. The artists that you have featured have been so inspiring, listening to them talking about their beginnings and their processes, there is something lovely about it.
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I am Joe's son Craig and wanted to post a personal thanks for creating this and posting. Thank you Josh
Of course. I feel lucky and honored to have met Joe and photographed him.
What an astounding man! Please get all his memories down in a tape recorder....he has lived an amazing life in an amazing time ...just wow. Creativity is a life force.
Your dad is super cool. How lucky are you!!!
He’s so interesting and you should be photographed next!
@@blossomyourawesome yes lucky... and thank you
Josh, I am Joe’s son Wayne. I am extremely grateful that you made this video about my Dad. It brought tears of joy to my eyes. Thank you so much!
❤
This means the world to me, thank you Wayne. It was an honor to meet, photograph, and spend time with Joe.
@@joshuacharow I grew up around the Barnes family and it was a pleasure seeing Joe still going strong
Lucky man to have such an eclectic cool dad.
Wayne, if you don’t mind answering, where could we find some of your dads art on line to look at??
Joe does not sound like a 99-year-old. His speech is smooth and eloquent. Amazing! What an interesting person he is.
Creation generates brain's plasticity, art is more powerful than any medicine!
@freddyfelipe5047 absolutely!
Likely he’s the type who kept himself active his whole life
The number of artists who lived to a great age and were mentally sharp right up to the end is too large for there not to be some causation. It seems to be mainly visual artists. Some writers, but mostly artists.
if you have a reason to live, your brain stays in shape for a long time
while everyone seems focused on bio-hacking and the next drug, it feels like "art" and/or creating is a ticket to a long and healthy life. great video.
Depending on how you play your cards. Art can also lead your mental health spiraling into darkness.
@highfades2594 I think finding your passion is the ticket to the long and healthy life. What makes you spring out of your bed each morning and can't wait to do? Sure there's a journey. But life is the journey so instead of complaining about it, smile and say well, why did that happen now? When you find your passion, the path becomes less muddled, people random or otherwise seem to turn up and ideas/dreams/ turn into physical form. Never give up on your dreams because of someone else's limitations.
I think people in that era and in the US especially had a real freedom. A new world, where you can follow your passions. Perhaps this new generation is also in that era…
To all young artists who are watching this… Do not ever give up on your craft…don’t set it down and say you’ll pick it back up later because before you know it later is here. Do what you have passion for not what society thinks you should do. If you love doing art then figure out a way to do it and get paid for it. God, sometimes I wish I could turn back the clock.
i mean god, if you can make a living by just painting a canvas blue, I agree
Craig and Wayne, let your dad know that he is greatly admired and appreciated. (I related to him and his life and work very much. I am a 75 year old painter (former architect, former biologist). I have painted all my life since knee high.) I hope he remains healthy and happy a long time to come. He seems like a "cool" guy. Best to all.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much , I will let him know 👍
What is most striking to me (amongst many amazing things about him) is his SMILE!!! He’s loving life. What an inspiration!
Mr Joe Barnes is a vision of vitality for a man almost 100 years old. He has such fluidity, clear thought, and brilliant eloquence in the way he talks, moves, and paints. I want to be like Mr Barnes if I should ever get to 99 years old. What a beautiful video of a true lifelong artist. I guess that is the key to a long and healthy life span;-love something you do daily! Love your story, Mr. Barnes, your two boys must be so proud. Thank you, Joshua Charow!
Beautifully done. Thank you for sharing Mr. Barnes’s story.
Thank you so much!
A touching moment when he states that he cannot carry a weapon to kill people. This sensitivity also shows in his work. Thank you Joe and love and greetings from Germany.
As a young painter myself your videos bring a sense of direction into what hopefully will be my future. I love being able to peak into the lives and studios of these artists and see their personality and warmth shine through your filmography. Thank you so very much for sharing these works. You don’t know how much it means to me
Too bad you and your friends are disrespectful towards older white men.
Joe is a good example of doing what you love and you will live a long and healthy life. He is a sweet soul. ❤️🇨🇦
Talks like a 20 year old, looks like a 50 year old, has the skills and mastery of a 99 year old. This man is brilliant.
He does not look 50 my guy
He's a very young 98 year old with good humanity and positivity in life.
This video made my morning. Joe is an amazing man and an inspiration to us all. Turning 66 recently was beginning to get to me but after watching Joe do what he loves at 99 has given me renewed vitality in my thinking and me made feel much younger again! Thanks also to Joshua for making this and for all the other videos he’s made that I’m about to watch (not all at once I hasten to add🤣). 👍🏻😎
Joe is an amazing man. I’m so glad you have chosen to feature him.
He could be 80s or in his late 70s, I guess art keeps you young. What an inspiration.
Wow what a life. He is still such a young man both in mind and spirit.
This article was amazing. I’m so glad I took the time to read it. I am 73. I had a stroke. I am a painter, but I stop painting. I want to paint and thank you for giving me the wherewithal to paint again I knew I could. I know I can’t hold a brush, but I felt like I was missing something. It’s good to see you with so much joy doing the thing you love thank you for that.
This is a wonderful project. So many wonderful creative people do not get famous to the outside world and fade away. These documentary videos and photographs prevent that from happening. This man is amazing at his age!!
One of the key's to happiness and contentment is doing what you love. His smile at the end says it all.
I just finished The War of Art by Steven Pressfield and smiled ear to ear when Joe said he paints every day.
Terrific work, Joshua.
That book is a must-read for creatives.
@@btimec5290 Agreed. As is The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Thank you ,Joshua, for telling us story of his life.
Thank you for watching :) Joe has an incredible story to tell.
Crazy how it used to happen, you make a painting and enter it into a contest, you win and get funding for an exhibition at an established gallery, someone offers you a studio space and then you just roll right into it. Wish things were as accessible and straightforward as they seemed to be for some people in some moments and contexts, but this genuinely is an amazing story 💚
And the icing on the cake, he is complete and utter shite
I love this, thank you, such a delight !
As a sixty one year painter/sculptor who loves to write too, I am so inspired by Joe as I've had "some distractions" along my road of life, always living as an artist yet having to adapt mediums, ect depending on other demands.... I've always had the urge and need to create, since I was a tiny child and into my sixth decade the forever large has continued to grow, calling me as a vivacious breath, stirring me even more, a new season of sorts...... Gentlemen I thank you for your time, sharing both an artist's journey and Josh capturing the precious beauty with your eye and conversations.....
Wonderful.
Craig, Wayne and family, kudos to you also as having a parent or parents that are authentic artists in every one of their cells is a unique journey in itself, usually unconventional and an experience of its own.
This man is a living icon in my humble opinion. The things this man has experienced in his lifetime boggle the mind. Truly a blessed individual as he continues to redefine what 'old age' is and isn't. I aspire to be one fraction as vibrant and youthful in my outlook on life as he seems to be at his age, if I get there that is. He is so Zen and content with his life. God bless you, Mr. Barnes.. You're my hero! 🤗🤗
This just came up out of the blue on my you tube. What an amazing man, hard to comprehend that he is nearly 100 years old. To think I was feeling at 59 I’m getting old, given me a whole new outlook.
As an artist I was so inspired watching this incredible man and I will as he says just keep painting I’m not bothered about being famous because bringing joy into people’s life through my work is enough.
I have the book! I was surprised how substantial it is. I have only looked at a couple of pages because I just know I'm never going to want it to end. Regards from Indiana!
what book?
“and this has been my experience through life; I always say yes”. Love it!
Thank you for sharing this. I’m 68 years old and I just started painting this year. Listening to Joe is very inspiring.
Part 2 should be about his secret to longevity (Life style).
Love these glimpses into the real lives of artists and hearing their rich back-stories is marvelous! Thank you for sharing these gems!
crazy to use a flash when such beautiful ambient light is available in his space.
you're a legend as much as those you capture. another beautiful portrait.
I am very grateful to have watched this video today. Joe shared a positive attitude that encourages those who want to chase their dreams of being artists. Thank you, Joe.
His mind and body are sharp for someone that is 99. Amazing!
What an amazing man! Omg not a single verbal misstep. Just amazing. I celebrate his long life and his art. Congratulations to his sons as well. What a treasure.
Joe, you're a very young 99-year-old! Oh, to live such a long, fruitful, creative life -- we should all be so lucky!
Beautiful work, thank you for sharing! He looks so happy
He really is. He still does what he loves and is probably one of the coolest people I know.
I knew Joe in NYC in the 90's. One of the friendliest, upbeat people you'd meet.
I've never seen anyone so well at this age, it is inspiring. I've been witnessed family and friends getting old, most of them are not well, specially their mind and memory.
At 70 I took up meditative drawing and 12 years later I'm still going strong with art. I draw every day like Joe😊...that and having animals really keeps me going, and I'll bet that Joe walks everywhere. It is that activity and mindfulness that makes us stay young. I hope I'm as strong as him when I reach 99..💖🙏
What a perfect video and perfect man. Enthralled with a life well lived.
Thank you for sharing this story. Many of us seek our vocation in life, and it's not always easy to achieve it. Hearing from someone who has done so, with such calmness and wisdom, is inspiring and allows for reflection. I'm not an artist, but I appreciated the simplicity of the advice: 'Just paint'.
Greetings from Chile, Tomás
Joe Lookings amazing for his age...the ART has obviously kept him youthful and fully alive.......Sprtually! God bless you joe
My god, this man is amazing. My mom is 91 and can out garden me any day of the week. She transforms lawn into gardens and grows roses and tomatoes and everything in between. Her gardening passion has kept her young and active.
Josh, your photography is Amazing… The way you interview and capture the artist makes me feel like I know them and yet still want to know more about them… Very nice job. It must be amazing meeting so many interesting people.
Thanks so much Donna! I feel extremely lucky to meet artists like Joe and spend some time together.
As always, a pleasure to see your work. Thank you
Amazing! Thank you for sharing your art with the world and giving me some tears in my eyes ❤️🙏🏾🫂
Joshua, Thank you so much for these wonderful films. For, as an artist, they're inspirational, both the subject and how you make them. Hope you keep making them . Greetings from Ireland.
This Man is amazing and a beautiful human being!! This made my day. Thank you!
Crying while painting while watching these. Thank you for letting me be apart of these artists' world for a moment.
Very nice tribute! Just lovely. Thank you for sharing Joe Barnes with us!!
What an extraordinary man: a youthful spirit within an ancient body.
Incredible work, both you, the reporter, and the artist, Joe. Thank you for creating this masterpiece of an interview. Continue to bring light to amazing people and their work. I am so grateful that this came on my feed. ❤🙏🏼
This is such an heartwarming film and cinematography of a beautiful soul. He is younger than many soulless youths(includes myself!) in many aspects. I wish to age like him❤
Absolutely beautiful ;-) thank you for your work
Amazing! Thank you so much for this. I am so glad to have discovered your channel and this video. Wonderful.
What an incredible man, and artist. This is a great project. I'm transfixed.
Your channel is one of the most exiting things I found, for years. Love! And what a guy! When I am as fit as he is, when i'm 75, I would be very happy.
I so appreciate this series. It is uplifting and inspiring. You have a gift as an interviewer and photographer and I am very grateful to have found your work. The artists you have interviewed bring a certain hope to me. It is both amazing and humbling. Thank you.
Love these videos. So inspiring seeing these artists working
I have not heard of this artist. I really like his work. Thank you for the video!
I feel privileged to have shared a tiny but part of Joe Barnes’ life and his philosophy of how to live it. Thank you very much
A beautiful video that captures the special qualities of commitment and vision that carry Joe on.
Blown away by the beauty of this man and the beauty of how this is shot. Loved reading his sons in the comments too.
Beautiful story and production. Go Joe!
What a wonderful tribute to very interesting person/ artist who doesn't look his age ! And what a studio..a lot of light and space .I greatly appreciate this post !!!!
This was a touching, short video however, it would have been nice if the photographer had taken some photos of this man's paintings. I mean, HELLO?
@jayjayfreeman They are on the walls, hello!
I hope I'll still be painting at 99.In the current world we're living in Meditative paintings are what we need right now...Happy 99th!!!!
Really good shape for 99! Seems very happy too
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Beautiful and so inspiring! Art keeps your motor running!
Very grateful for this documentary!
This series is incredible. So beautifully filmed, the way you capture each artists unique personality in such a short video is amazing.
I could watch these all day
Thanks today I was needing inspiration to keep working on my art, so grateful to listen his story !
Wow, this was an amazing short post but very powerful story of an artist, his work and life. Just simple and amazing...!
Absolutely amazing!! What a lovely experience to watch Joe's story! Thank you for making this! Joe is amazing! ❤💜
I was wowed by this. Thanks for making it.
He acts and talks like 20 years younger than his actual age. He seems to have still boy’s spirit with a help of strong meditational habit of creating visual art. Thank you for this.
Loved this and Joe. He's awesome!!! I hope I can be like him when I grow up!
Looking forward to my book arriving here in Uk ! Love the series Joshua .
Thanks so much for getting one!
Great story. I enjoy every second of it.
Very inspiring! Thank you ❤
Thank you very much !
I absolutely love this series. Keep them coming Josh
Cool guy and 👍 for reaching 99 years old.
Thanks for making this amazing video. It's inspiring! I feel older adults, their skills, experience, and talents are often not well recognized and exposed. Would be nice to see more videos like this.
What a fantastic,intimate, personal story beautifully recorded and photographed.
Your book arrived here at my studio in Central Mexico. Very inspiring! Thanks.
Another great video (and stills), Josh. Thanks for introducing us to Joe. He is amazing!
Extraordinary artist and man beautiful story thank you for sharing and putting it in. Timeless photographs.
What a beautiful story! I look forward to another…thank you!
Great piece, lot of history here… since the 30s! Crazy
Hi Joshua, I really love this series of videos that you have done and I’m hoping to get your book at some point. The artists that you have featured have been so inspiring, listening to them talking about their beginnings and their processes, there is something lovely about it.
He is so impressive. What a life force. Timeless man.
Extraordinary! True inspiration!
Wonderful interview and photos. Really appreciate these stories.
This man is ageless. So cool. Love his story !
This guy looks really bright and fit for his age. Really nice to see
I just discovered your channel about this inspirig and emocional interview...Thanks a Lot....Greetings from Chile😉💪