My son is autistic. When he was 5, I gave him kid scissors to cut coupons. I was amazed how good he was at it. He just kept asking for more paper to cut. Then later he got obsessed with origami and he was folding paper non stop, then he later got into drawing and now he is marking on paper. It is interesting to see his relationship with paper evolving.
I recently got into quilling paper, which might be another great option for him if he is looking for more paper activities. It's super relaxing, and you can recycle paper for the craft, which is amazing.
He might even enjoy recycling his own paper! Lots of videos and kits but basically dissolving paper pulp in water and using a screen to scoop/dry into homemade sheets
my comments would definitely be drowned away in the sea of all the others but, thank you for making this video and make me acknowledge this incredible artist’s work. i’ve been struggling with depression and self harm problems for 3 years now , going back and forth in recovery and what not, i have been finding so, many ways to cope with my trauma but nothing works and i relapses all the time. i will be definitely trying this. just, thank you so much.
Don't give up 💜💚 I've been there before, many times. Recently I am astonished that I am not dangling over the edge(mentally & emotionally) like I can see the edge, I can feel it, I want so desperately to be as far away from that breaking point type of place, just to have ground all around me(figuratively) as far as the sky goes. To not be feeling lured closer to the edge. Keep trying. You don't have to succeed all you have to do is try. /HUGS I hope you have or can find good support for you❤
Hello friend, I just wanted to let you know I see you ❤ it can be so difficult to get away from self harm, I struggled with it for over 12 years and have not done it in almost 10. I honestly didn't think I would see my 19th birthday. You are beautiful, you are worthy of love and peace and acceptance. I don't know your life but I can promise you that one day it will better
I used to this a lot as way to cope with self harm. It turned something i used to to hurt myself- scissors- into soemthing medatative. This is the type of thing that makes me love performance art.
I used to self harm, I'm six months clean and I draw on everything, especially my hands. I also love cutting really intricate shapes out of things like post-it notes. There's something just so calming about it. I'm glad you have been able to find ways to cope, good luck for the future! ❤❤
I was clean for a month and recently relapsed. I feel awful right now but I am going to keep trying. Everyone says it is worth it and I think it finally time to listen to others.
@@The_Therian_Ivyyes! you need to keep trying and trying no matter how many times you relapse ❤️❤️ I believe in you!!! 3 weeks of being sober for me rn too!
No way, I had this exact same experience! I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital a few years ago and to cope with it all, I’d sit on my bed and rip paper into tiny little snow shreds for hours. It was extremely cathartic and I used it as a way to keep me from self harm as well.
Absolutely gorgeous to see how this simple act becomes art by (a) turning into something visually beautiful and (b) having the ability to heal. Truly amazing and why I love being an artist so damn much. It’s a thing of wonder.
That's not right. Art should make everyone comfortable, at least that's what I would want for my viewers, if I do art. Id want my viewers to experience positive thoughts and feelings all the time, although the elephant in the room may suggest that any given situation is not always a joyous, joyful one, but maybe a painful, bittersweet, or a spectrum of feelings, whatever the viewer is capable of feeling, just as any particular viewer (or viewers) may or may not be capable of seeing all the colors of visible light.
@@sandasturner9529 Comfort is different for every single person though, your ideal is physically impossible. Draw a beautiful field or forest scene, some will see an idyllic paradise and some will see a foreboding tragedy scene about to play out. Art is so incredibly different to every single person and it's absolutely okay for art to disturb
it makes me so incredibly sad when people refuse to accept that this is art for a lot of people they don’t consider anything that isn’t illustrative or realistic to be “real art” and it’s incredibly sad because they miss out on so much
It’s that the sad backstory is substituted for creativity. How much time was spent in this short talking about the art vs the process, or how sad the artist is?
@@tarod3 but the thing is that’s the whole point of the art. the art itself is not necessarily the most technically skilled thing, but the concept behind it and the meaning that the artist has publicly described adds so much to it. music is art, and a lot of music has lyrics and meanings completely about this same thing, so why should this be different? if the artist is talking about their piece with reference to their backstory and the meaning behind it all, that meaning should be considered a large part of the art. no one is just taking the fact that she has a history of mental health issues and applying it to her work “just because”. she wants people to know, and that’s important.
@@beeperpie but that’s not enough. If her art evokes empathy or understanding of her struggles, or expresses something she set out to express, that’s different. If you literally have to tell your audience what they should be feeling when they experience your work, then you’re just coasting on dogma, and the audience will justify to itself why what you do is art. How many art exhibits have there been where, after auction, the artists who made them said the pieces meant nothing, or where intentionally bad, or were made by kindergartners?
@@beeperpie granted, Yusef Komunyakaa is a poet that I love that uses symbology internal to his work that a reader would need to understand before fully appreciating his poetry. I do recognize that art may need context to be understood. I just hate the trope that suffering=art, and her work shouldn’t need that backstory to express anxiety and release. Maybe it’s just this RUclipsr who’s shouting ‘look at her she is so tragic’.
I really connect with this art. I'm autistic, and I cut yarn and paper as a way to stim as a kid. My parents called it my "rippy bits." I also found it meditative and listened closely to the sound of the scissors.
I tend to cut paper as a stim and i now know all the diffrent uses and sharpnesses of all the scissors in our house now because of how often i cut things
People doing strange stimming and unique coping mechanisms are my favorite. It's so nice to see amazing work and people becoming better when they do something they love.
Wow, I love that it helps her feel better and honestly, any art price around the theme of “tiny, insignificant pieces over time becoming something massive” makes me feel strangely emotional. Like how one second in our life doesn’t mean anything, but it’s the amalgamation of those moments that add up into a person’s life.
This reminded me of one of my favourite art pieces. You could go into a soundproof booth and whisper your secrets. There was a seperate sitting area with these large speakers above that would play all the whispers speaking over eachother. I remember sitting under that for hours and crying. It was an extremely powerful experience.
@@emperor8716 no argument you can make or definition you can provide will change the fact that a person had an experience that they consider to be art you can say that it isn't art to YOU, but that is not the same statement as the one you made
Wow, i didnt realize that i was basically doing the same thing as her. When im anxious or stressed, i take tiny strips of paper and make stars so i can relax myself
My room had jars and jars of origami stars in high school because I found it incredibly soothing. Loved doing it with transparent plastic sheets, too. You can put a small bead inside! :)
Reminds me of a piece I’m working on. It’s a gold styrofoam skull, that I am steadily pushing nails into. It started as a Halloween project. But then with each nail I pushed into the skull… I realized it represented a negative thought - and each time you have a self deprecating thought, put a nail in the skull. Eventually, you’ll see how quickly your skull will be full of these nails. Full of negativity. It’s just a good, conscious, visual representation of negative self talk. And how quickly it can pollute your head & thoughts.
This is an incredibly beautiful way to show her pain. I struggle with depression and I wish I had an artful way to show how I feel. I used to write poetry but I stopped after my mom passed.
You've confirmed my suspicions of the actual experience of someone who does performance arts. I do wonder how the performer feels, their energy levels, their reason for performing, what that performer is thinking, what environment the performer needs to perform(if said person needs a particular environment, like an library/quiet 🤐 room). Basically the requirements needed for an arts performer to perform. I will try my best to analyze this behavior and the subject of arts.
Not everyone can understand this as art. But people struggling with being meditative understand how impactful this is. Being focused on this one task and taking the time to do it. She's reached the zen I aspire to. This inspire to trying others types of meditation practices.
The worst thing that happened in this world is bad mental health . Everything falls apart and you just watch can't do nothing 🥲. I hope that she is doing well.
May God continue to bless her. For her to come out of a mental institution and be paid to do something so simple but brings her so much peace is a blessing.
art is like this for me and many others. extremely meditative and soothing. focusing on something like coloring or drawing allows relaxion and gives me a reprieve from the Neverending thoughts. my brain goes silent and my hands just "do" it's incredible. I was actually just coloring lol!
For 10 hours a day.. for 14 years? Yeah no. Most of us have jobs to go to, lives to live, and bills that dont pay themselves. Anyone who has this much time on their hands.. clearly doesn't have very many responsibilities.
@@bailey7792maybe because they’re suicidal and want to kill themselves and have no hope. You ever felt like that before? Maybe you should experience it before talking shit.
This actually makes a lot of sense to me. I have ADHD and I’m not on medication for it. I find that doing mindless tasks, like baking for me, helps you actually organize your thoughts while your body is doing something that doesn’t require as much concentration effort. For her, she got to a point with the paper cutting that she can precisely cut thin without having to focus too much. She can go slow and focus on the thoughts in her head.
@@theartrevivaltbh i’m an artist myself but have never appreciated anything that wasnt anime/art/cartoon with some kind of human character. But you’re really opening my eyes. For once I genuinely am enjoying these kinds of pieces. Thank you.
This art hit me hard. I used to rip up paper instead of self harming. I would tear it into the smallest pieces I could manage. It gave me something to do that was destructive without hurting myself and it also was a way to make something else smaller than myself and realize I didn’t have to make myself so small
Yes I am currently “stuck” in a cycle of crocheting. I think I just realized because of this video that I am doing this because when my mother was very sick it was the only thing I could think of to do in the hospital. I ended up doing the same thing next to my dad’s hospital bed before he passed away. It was February 19th 2017. My mom eventually passed 5 years after my dad in January so every December I start crocheting snowflakes until I feel I’m done. This year I can’t seem to stop crocheting what ever I can find a pattern for that’s small and easy to finish in a day or two. Hopefully I’ll be done soon and I can get my art going in another direction.
I remember once an art piece I saw. A room of paper being dropped from the ceiling. All that you could hear were the machines picking up and dropping the paper, the paper fluttering and falling, and the artist speaking softly, almost soft enough to become a white noise. It was so oddly soothing
this is gorgeous! witnessing something that's so personal and important to the artist feels so intimate, just the simple act of cutting paper shows you a bit of what her mind is like. i love art that lets you get to know the artist more!
Thought I was the only one who thought cutting papers is therapeutic. Every event at work, I would always volunteer to cut the pictures/images for the decor. it might make your hand a bit sore sometimes but it gets your mind off things
When i was a kid, 11 ish, i would fold paper cranes 24/7. Not the regular sized ones, those i would cut into four pieces, then cut them again into four pieces. It was extremely meditative and just something for me to do when i was paying attention during school and to have a sense of control of something and to be proud of looking at a rainbow of paper cranes. i think by now ive folded over 400 small paper cranes that sits on a thumb
Its sooooo beautiful and i Suffer from metal health and it really Resonates with me but I have a feeling someone will complain that she is just cutting paper, just wasting it not realizing it's for mental health and the Struggle that people actually go through. Metal health really needs to be an important part of our society
This person is me. I like performance art and art installations too. I respect it that it’s for mental health and if it works that’s great. But used paper would work too presumably. For a short period of time some white papers wouldn’t be that much. But for this long I think a more sustainable variation (old magazines or so) would be great too.
This reminds me... In high school, I used to scrunch post-it notes that I used as bookmarks while reading as a way of stimming. I'd scrunch them until they became as soft as fabric... Some would rip eventually, and I'd even tape the rips to keep being able to use a soft bookmark, until it was beyond saving and I had to scrunch a new piece of paper. I even found an old one some time ago... I don't know when I started and I don't know when I stopped scrunching paper, but it's nice to be reminded of a small detail of my life I haven't really thought of in years!
Some people already hated this performance art before knowing the meaning *because they don't get that even realistic paintings still need the artist to explain the backstory behind it.* I already knew the meaning of this artwork before you said it because I genuinely connect with why she does this tedious and monotonous work.
Right people are always praising older artist, but they don’t even realize how soulless many of their artworks are 😅 and many of the famous art we have doesn’t actually real genuine meaning. There just commissions paid by the rich or religious interpretations. Most not even painted through the genuine humane eye.
This is why i also love doing my arts and crafts that mostly involved me cutting up things. It really is meditative from my experience, i recommend people to try it when your just feeling overwhelmed or stressed lately
My mental health is bad. so that's why I enjoy monotonous work like organizing and filing. It feels peaceful organizing things at my own pace. Focusing your mind on other things besides bad thoughts.
There was one documentary I watched years before about a Chinese grandma who liked to express herself through cutting stories out of red paper. She was illiterate and her artwork was so amazing, she was considered a living treasure.
It’s completely different than the banana ducktaped on the wall. But both are art. The one makes you feel a lot and is for meditation. But the banana, that was one thing that I truly enjoyed, I loved how it was a joke about the art scene, and the punchline was the guy who ate the banana. It was an awesome joke. Not like people in white underwear sitting on spinning bikes and hitting swords agains eachother while techno is played.
@@o0blubblub0oabout the banana thing, I'm personally of the opinion that if the entire point of the art piece is to poke fun at the current art, then it's not really creating art so much as it is making a parody. Of course that has its audience, but it would be like saying a video game parody animation is the same thing as the video game it takes inspiration from, when it's clearly two different genres. As for the paper cutting, I can't really tell how I feel for it. Part of me thinks It could be considered similar to origami, which is an art form in and of itself. But most of me is really irked by the fact that it's not really an art form as much as it is a coping mechanism that she's monetized for performance. There's nothing that's technically wrong about it but it just doesn't feel right now that I know the context behind it...
@@rinyaskyline but in your example: it’s still a video game, even if it’s a parody. Just like art. And for you not to feel right, isn’t that a way of acting as if mental illness isn’t a thing? Pretending it doesn’t exist doesn’t help anyone
@@olivebudoliveI advise dark beads on a light colored rug. And make sure to take regular breaks to avoid damaging your back and doing this with good lighting. I ended up with poor vision and a bad back.
@@InsaneLaughter01 Thanks! I will heed your warning. I have a tendency to paint with my canvas on the floor, hunched over it. I don't need more back problems as a result of a coping mechanism lol
I find painting and art in general definitely helps me. For anyone reading struggling with mental health try art- drawing, painting, crayon etc it’s amazing what it can do ❤
I just realized a way to do this and also not waist paper. You can use the shreds of paper and make them into new paper via a blender and screen/flat strainer you can add leaves and flowers to the paper making it look fancy. then you can use the new paper for letters and stuff. you could even add seeds to the paper if you wanted msshiandmrhe have a good video on how to do this.
This is often how people describe knitting with metal needles. When they slide against each other they make a noise and it’s repetitive if you knit in the round. It’s very soothing.
I’ve been cutting paper a ton recently and it’s been a coping mechanism for me bc both me and my friends parents are divorcing rn so it’s really hard to focus Also I love the noise and it calms me why’ll cutting the paper
It makes sense that I find it relaxing when I cut and glue together PDF sewing patterns. Gotta cut the two edges off numerous sheets. Then I get my Elmer's glue and just do meditative lines of glue along the edges and line it all up.
This is creepy. I used to do that everyday in science class because a boy was abusing me. I completely wiped it from my mind since then. I called them 'easter grass'
This is amazing, it just goes ro show that what most people would think is monotonous can be therapeutic to another, I absolutely love this as an artist myself that has ADHD, I feel better and more controlled when I draw, even a doodle calms me ❤❤
I totally understand the mediation process of this. I am not a good painter, but I love to put paint on paper. I love to create digitally too on procreate, even if it’s just swipes and wisps. The process is very soothing. I usually end up throwing out or deleting it all too.
I would do the same thing as a kid and the doctor said it was a sign of autism. The more artists I learn about the more I realize that a person’s mental health has a really big influence on if they become an artist
I really feel for her. I'm so sorry. I hope she finds peace without needing this and lives a full life. I'm happy she used it to create art and support herself❤
Then hours a day for years. What thoughts is she having? What is she ding with the rest of her day? Does she talk to anyone in the gallery or is just silently cutting? I have so many questions
This literally just motivated me if this woman can make a full-blown career over just cutting paper what is holding us back from going after the things that we want literally we can make money doing anything it's about what we put our mind too
origami was always been a beloved hobby of mine, when i was very young my mom would teach me how to fold different things. i struggle with mental health, specifically paranoia and some hallucinations, so every time i feel scared i pull out my paper and start folding cranes. i do specifically cranes because of what they symbolize, and i have a box full of them. i haven’t thrown a single one away.
i used to do this all the time to deal with stress, this is a real thing and it can be extremely helpful when i’m feeling like a tornado is actively ripping through my head
Psychiatric hospitals in America refused to give me any art supplies because they believed I would hurt myself with it. When all I wanted to do was draw to express myself. I recently went to a residential psychiatric facility where everything was much more relaxed and calmed down. They gave all the art supplies I could ever ask for, as long as I used it with the nurses nearby. Unfortunately, due to my insurance, I was dropped from the program before so I could even begin treatment. But the art I did start during that very short time period, I still continue on to this day.
So who paid her bills while she was doing this for 10 years, 14hrs a day? Its not that it isnt art.. but it IS incredibly wasteful. You cant blame people for not understanding, because most people dont have 10 hrs a day and over a decade to sit around cutting paper. Most people with mental health issues still have to go work and pay the bills. They still have responsibilities and cant just ignore them for 'art'.
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My son is autistic. When he was 5, I gave him kid scissors to cut coupons. I was amazed how good he was at it. He just kept asking for more paper to cut. Then later he got obsessed with origami and he was folding paper non stop, then he later got into drawing and now he is marking on paper. It is interesting to see his relationship with paper evolving.
That is so awesome, I love that for him! You're an amazing supportive mother. My son is on the spectrum as well ❤🤗
I recently got into quilling paper, which might be another great option for him if he is looking for more paper activities. It's super relaxing, and you can recycle paper for the craft, which is amazing.
@@adalisarias5287 Thank you! I will mention it to him.
He might even enjoy recycling his own paper! Lots of videos and kits but basically dissolving paper pulp in water and using a screen to scoop/dry into homemade sheets
@@nykelley42 Yes, he did. We used to do that when he was younger ☺️
my comments would definitely be drowned away in the sea of all the others but, thank you for making this video and make me acknowledge this incredible artist’s work. i’ve been struggling with depression and self harm problems for 3 years now , going back and forth in recovery and what not, i have been finding so, many ways to cope with my trauma but nothing works and i relapses all the time. i will be definitely trying this. just, thank you so much.
♥️🙏Sending you love
Don't give up 💜💚
I've been there before, many times.
Recently I am astonished that I am not dangling over the edge(mentally & emotionally) like I can see the edge, I can feel it, I want so desperately to be as far away from that breaking point type of place, just to have ground all around me(figuratively) as far as the sky goes. To not be feeling lured closer to the edge.
Keep trying. You don't have to succeed all you have to do is try. /HUGS
I hope you have or can find good support for you❤
I hope you have found something that works for you, and I hope you're doing better ❤️
Hello friend, I just wanted to let you know I see you ❤ it can be so difficult to get away from self harm, I struggled with it for over 12 years and have not done it in almost 10. I honestly didn't think I would see my 19th birthday. You are beautiful, you are worthy of love and peace and acceptance. I don't know your life but I can promise you that one day it will better
It's been 7 months, I hope you're doing better now.❤
I used to this a lot as way to cope with self harm. It turned something i used to to hurt myself- scissors- into soemthing medatative. This is the type of thing that makes me love performance art.
I used to self harm, I'm six months clean and I draw on everything, especially my hands. I also love cutting really intricate shapes out of things like post-it notes. There's something just so calming about it. I'm glad you have been able to find ways to cope, good luck for the future! ❤❤
@@ShadowTiger.4000I'm also 6 months or really close to it, being clean! I'm so happy for you and the other person,, life is tough
@@maplefoxxo thank you so much! Life is very tough but it gets better ❤️
I was clean for a month and recently relapsed. I feel awful right now but I am going to keep trying. Everyone says it is worth it and I think it finally time to listen to others.
@@The_Therian_Ivyyes! you need to keep trying and trying no matter how many times you relapse ❤️❤️ I believe in you!!!
3 weeks of being sober for me rn too!
No way, I had this exact same experience! I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital a few years ago and to cope with it all, I’d sit on my bed and rip paper into tiny little snow shreds for hours. It was extremely cathartic and I used it as a way to keep me from self harm as well.
This is really neat. She changed how the texture is perceived through her work as well, it looks soft like feathers.
The texture is beautiful! It looks like fresh snow
True artists know that everything that is created is a form of art
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Great observation! Didn’t think about it in terms of texture, it’s been truly transformed!
Absolutely gorgeous to see how this simple act becomes art by (a) turning into something visually beautiful and (b) having the ability to heal. Truly amazing and why I love being an artist so damn much. It’s a thing of wonder.
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable" - Cesar A. Cruz
This is an absolutely beautiful quote.
That's not right. Art should make everyone comfortable, at least that's what I would want for my viewers, if I do art. Id want my viewers to experience positive thoughts and feelings all the time, although the elephant in the room may suggest that any given situation is not always a joyous, joyful one, but maybe a painful, bittersweet, or a spectrum of feelings, whatever the viewer is capable of feeling, just as any particular viewer (or viewers) may or may not be capable of seeing all the colors of visible light.
@@sandasturner9529 Comfort is different for every single person though, your ideal is physically impossible. Draw a beautiful field or forest scene, some will see an idyllic paradise and some will see a foreboding tragedy scene about to play out. Art is so incredibly different to every single person and it's absolutely okay for art to disturb
@@sandasturner9529 Art is an expression of the soul, and with that not everybody will like it. This is the inevitability of any artists work.
Magnificent
I take 7 hours to finish drawing most small digital art pieces. Its the act of it for me.
i've been so obsessive about finishing art as fast as i can. i think i can take a page from your book and go easy on myself
it makes me so incredibly sad when people refuse to accept that this is art
for a lot of people they don’t consider anything that isn’t illustrative or realistic to be “real art” and it’s incredibly sad because they miss out on so much
It’s that the sad backstory is substituted for creativity. How much time was spent in this short talking about the art vs the process, or how sad the artist is?
@@tarod3 but the thing is that’s the whole point of the art.
the art itself is not necessarily the most technically skilled thing, but the concept behind it and the meaning that the artist has publicly described adds so much to it.
music is art, and a lot of music has lyrics and meanings completely about this same thing, so why should this be different?
if the artist is talking about their piece with reference to their backstory and the meaning behind it all, that meaning should be considered a large part of the art. no one is just taking the fact that she has a history of mental health issues and applying it to her work “just because”. she wants people to know, and that’s important.
@@beeperpie but that’s not enough. If her art evokes empathy or understanding of her struggles, or expresses something she set out to express, that’s different. If you literally have to tell your audience what they should be feeling when they experience your work, then you’re just coasting on dogma, and the audience will justify to itself why what you do is art.
How many art exhibits have there been where, after auction, the artists who made them said the pieces meant nothing, or where intentionally bad, or were made by kindergartners?
@@beeperpie granted, Yusef Komunyakaa is a poet that I love that uses symbology internal to his work that a reader would need to understand before fully appreciating his poetry. I do recognize that art may need context to be understood. I just hate the trope that suffering=art, and her work shouldn’t need that backstory to express anxiety and release. Maybe it’s just this RUclipsr who’s shouting ‘look at her she is so tragic’.
@@tarod3ok but it looks cool
I used to be addicted to snowflaking paper. And it bought me joy so i understand 😊
I really connect with this art.
I'm autistic, and I cut yarn and paper as a way to stim as a kid. My parents called it my "rippy bits." I also found it meditative and listened closely to the sound of the scissors.
I tend to cut paper as a stim and i now know all the diffrent uses and sharpnesses of all the scissors in our house now because of how often i cut things
EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT ALSO!!! Also hello fellow autist 😸
RIPPY BITS I love that so much I just bounced in place
Memento mori my friend
Also thats really cool :)
Memento mori
People doing strange stimming and unique coping mechanisms are my favorite. It's so nice to see amazing work and people becoming better when they do something they love.
Wow, I love that it helps her feel better and honestly, any art price around the theme of “tiny, insignificant pieces over time becoming something massive” makes me feel strangely emotional. Like how one second in our life doesn’t mean anything, but it’s the amalgamation of those moments that add up into a person’s life.
You just made me appreciate this so much more! There really is something so beautiful in that
Like a galaxy!
What a beautiful point of view
This reminded me of one of my favourite art pieces. You could go into a soundproof booth and whisper your secrets. There was a seperate sitting area with these large speakers above that would play all the whispers speaking over eachother. I remember sitting under that for hours and crying. It was an extremely powerful experience.
that is not art.
@@emperor8716 no argument you can make or definition you can provide will change the fact that a person had an experience that they consider to be art
you can say that it isn't art to YOU, but that is not the same statement as the one you made
Wow, i didnt realize that i was basically doing the same thing as her. When im anxious or stressed, i take tiny strips of paper and make stars so i can relax myself
whattttt I'd love to do this. Luke origami stars? how do I learn
@@lunaskisses yup, i take printer paper and cut out 1x30 cm strips. There are tons of tutorials on yt about how to make some
My room had jars and jars of origami stars in high school because I found it incredibly soothing. Loved doing it with transparent plastic sheets, too. You can put a small bead inside! :)
my friend made me a really really really long rope of stars once, it hung criss-crossed my bedroom ceiling for years⭐️🌟⭐️🌟
Oh my god sme! I make little stars for my friends
This is so beautiful. She found she is skilled at this incredibly niche activity and not only used it to heal herself but elevated it to an art form.
Reminds me of a piece I’m working on.
It’s a gold styrofoam skull, that I am steadily pushing nails into. It started as a Halloween project.
But then with each nail I pushed into the skull… I realized it represented a negative thought - and each time you have a self deprecating thought, put a nail in the skull.
Eventually, you’ll see how quickly your skull will be full of these nails. Full of negativity.
It’s just a good, conscious, visual representation of negative self talk. And how quickly it can pollute your head & thoughts.
This is such a great and creative idea, I love it!
This is an incredibly beautiful way to show her pain. I struggle with depression and I wish I had an artful way to show how I feel. I used to write poetry but I stopped after my mom passed.
I used to do this in school, which my teachers hated. The feeling of scissors cutting paper is euphoric. I used to make paper chains though
You've confirmed my suspicions of the actual experience of someone who does performance arts. I do wonder how the performer feels, their energy levels, their reason for performing, what that performer is thinking, what environment the performer needs to perform(if said person needs a particular environment, like an library/quiet 🤐 room). Basically the requirements needed for an arts performer to perform.
I will try my best to analyze this behavior and the subject of arts.
Not everyone can understand this as art. But people struggling with being meditative understand how impactful this is.
Being focused on this one task and taking the time to do it.
She's reached the zen I aspire to.
This inspire to trying others types of meditation practices.
She have more patient than me 💀
Probably bc she was a patient
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I would take time out my day to painstakingly hole punch flashcards completely after I felt lost and unmotivated. This artist resonates to me a lot.
Sachiko Abe!! Favorite artist ever ❤ love that you went over her art!!
The worst thing that happened in this world is bad mental health . Everything falls apart and you just watch can't do nothing 🥲. I hope that she is doing well.
I recommend making collages too! Cutting out the shapes is very calming
I feel like the sound of her cutting the paper would make me fall asleep!
May God continue to bless her. For her to come out of a mental institution and be paid to do something so simple but brings her so much peace is a blessing.
I don't understand why but this makes me want to cry. If only everyone could find something of their own to focus on like that.
art is like this for me and many others.
extremely meditative and soothing. focusing on something like coloring or drawing allows relaxion and gives me a reprieve from the Neverending thoughts.
my brain goes silent and my hands just "do"
it's incredible. I was actually just coloring lol!
I love to knit. The sound of the needles clicking together is super soothing as is the feel of the yarn. 🌸
For 10 hours a day.. for 14 years? Yeah no. Most of us have jobs to go to, lives to live, and bills that dont pay themselves. Anyone who has this much time on their hands.. clearly doesn't have very many responsibilities.
@@bailey7792maybe because they’re suicidal and want to kill themselves and have no hope. You ever felt like that before? Maybe you should experience it before talking shit.
This actually makes a lot of sense to me. I have ADHD and I’m not on medication for it. I find that doing mindless tasks, like baking for me, helps you actually organize your thoughts while your body is doing something that doesn’t require as much concentration effort. For her, she got to a point with the paper cutting that she can precisely cut thin without having to focus too much. She can go slow and focus on the thoughts in her head.
I appreciate all you do to broaden exposure to the art world.
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Exactly how I feel! Great channel that expresses all forms of art.
@@theartrevivaltbh i’m an artist myself but have never appreciated anything that wasnt anime/art/cartoon with some kind of human character. But you’re really opening my eyes. For once I genuinely am enjoying these kinds of pieces. Thank you.
She does it with such genuine curiosity and excitement that hypes us up
This art hit me hard. I used to rip up paper instead of self harming. I would tear it into the smallest pieces I could manage. It gave me something to do that was destructive without hurting myself and it also was a way to make something else smaller than myself and realize I didn’t have to make myself so small
Knit does tha same trick for me 😊
same here, knitting can be very meditative!
Omg same found it two months ago I’m obsessed
Crochet for me :)
Yes I am currently “stuck” in a cycle of crocheting. I think I just realized because of this video that I am doing this because when my mother was very sick it was the only thing I could think of to do in the hospital. I ended up doing the same thing next to my dad’s hospital bed before he passed away. It was February 19th 2017. My mom eventually passed 5 years after my dad in January so every December I start crocheting snowflakes until I feel I’m done. This year I can’t seem to stop crocheting what ever I can find a pattern for that’s small and easy to finish in a day or two. Hopefully I’ll be done soon and I can get my art going in another direction.
I find it hard to even journal, the dedication of this woman is both astounding and sad
I remember once an art piece I saw. A room of paper being dropped from the ceiling. All that you could hear were the machines picking up and dropping the paper, the paper fluttering and falling, and the artist speaking softly, almost soft enough to become a white noise.
It was so oddly soothing
Wow. I'd love to see this. I know some people would find it weird but the readons for it,the process and the end result is all beautiful.
I literally feel calm when cutting paper. I feel like its very therapeutic for me.
Sounds like a satisfying and stress relieving hobby. Good for her
this is gorgeous! witnessing something that's so personal and important to the artist feels so intimate, just the simple act of cutting paper shows you a bit of what her mind is like. i love art that lets you get to know the artist more!
Thought I was the only one who thought cutting papers is therapeutic. Every event at work, I would always volunteer to cut the pictures/images for the decor. it might make your hand a bit sore sometimes but it gets your mind off things
When i was a kid, 11 ish, i would fold paper cranes 24/7. Not the regular sized ones, those i would cut into four pieces, then cut them again into four pieces. It was extremely meditative and just something for me to do when i was paying attention during school and to have a sense of control of something and to be proud of looking at a rainbow of paper cranes. i think by now ive folded over 400 small paper cranes that sits on a thumb
You remind me of a character from The Girl Who Drank the Moon!!! /pos
Patience at it’s finest FRRR she’s so into it it’s amazing to me how she’s so focus and dedicated to her work.
I totally get this. I know people who were saved by art.
Umm, this bought tears to your eyes really.
Its sooooo beautiful and i Suffer from metal health and it really Resonates with me but I have a feeling someone will complain that she is just cutting paper, just wasting it not realizing it's for mental health and the Struggle that people actually go through. Metal health really needs to be an important part of our society
This person is me.
I like performance art and art installations too.
I respect it that it’s for mental health and if it works that’s great. But used paper would work too presumably. For a short period of time some white papers wouldn’t be that much. But for this long I think a more sustainable variation (old magazines or so) would be great too.
This reminds me... In high school, I used to scrunch post-it notes that I used as bookmarks while reading as a way of stimming. I'd scrunch them until they became as soft as fabric... Some would rip eventually, and I'd even tape the rips to keep being able to use a soft bookmark, until it was beyond saving and I had to scrunch a new piece of paper. I even found an old one some time ago... I don't know when I started and I don't know when I stopped scrunching paper, but it's nice to be reminded of a small detail of my life I haven't really thought of in years!
Im autistic and i never seen art describe stimming so well for me.
I’m autistic too and I agree ❤
A found ripping or shredded paper with my hands is very calming. Her art is so beautiful :)
I wonder if this one character in the book "The Girl Who Drank The Moon" was based off of her
OMG I LOVE THAT BOOK
Omg i thought i was the only one who loved the sound!😭
I cut stuff just for the heck of it because its so calming .
Some people already hated this performance art before knowing the meaning *because they don't get that even realistic paintings still need the artist to explain the backstory behind it.*
I already knew the meaning of this artwork before you said it because I genuinely connect with why she does this tedious and monotonous work.
Right people are always praising older artist, but they don’t even realize how soulless many of their artworks are 😅 and many of the famous art we have doesn’t actually real genuine meaning.
There just commissions paid by the rich or religious interpretations. Most not even painted through the genuine humane eye.
...or we care also about trees
This is why i also love doing my arts and crafts that mostly involved me cutting up things. It really is meditative from my experience, i recommend people to try it when your just feeling overwhelmed or stressed lately
Me in the back of the class with scissors and paper completely disassociating:
most greenscreen people suck but this person actually explains and tells us everyting
the difference is she isn't just taking content someone else has made.
@@jester333 exactly 🙌🏾
My mental health is bad. so that's why I enjoy monotonous work like organizing and filing. It feels peaceful organizing things at my own pace. Focusing your mind on other things besides bad thoughts.
There was one documentary I watched years before about a Chinese grandma who liked to express herself through cutting stories out of red paper. She was illiterate and her artwork was so amazing, she was considered a living treasure.
Actual art.
Not just a banana ducktaped on a wall but a person making something genuinely interesting and impressive.
It’s completely different than the banana ducktaped on the wall. But both are art. The one makes you feel a lot and is for meditation. But the banana, that was one thing that I truly enjoyed, I loved how it was a joke about the art scene, and the punchline was the guy who ate the banana. It was an awesome joke. Not like people in white underwear sitting on spinning bikes and hitting swords agains eachother while techno is played.
@@o0blubblub0oabout the banana thing, I'm personally of the opinion that if the entire point of the art piece is to poke fun at the current art, then it's not really creating art so much as it is making a parody. Of course that has its audience, but it would be like saying a video game parody animation is the same thing as the video game it takes inspiration from, when it's clearly two different genres.
As for the paper cutting, I can't really tell how I feel for it. Part of me thinks It could be considered similar to origami, which is an art form in and of itself. But most of me is really irked by the fact that it's not really an art form as much as it is a coping mechanism that she's monetized for performance. There's nothing that's technically wrong about it but it just doesn't feel right now that I know the context behind it...
@@rinyaskyline but in your example: it’s still a video game, even if it’s a parody. Just like art.
And for you not to feel right, isn’t that a way of acting as if mental illness isn’t a thing? Pretending it doesn’t exist doesn’t help anyone
I do 3d origami art and can confirm, cutting paper (for me, then folding it) is so relaxing and helps my mental health.
Id love to see her performance
i love art so much
I can understand how cutting paper could be soothing.
For me its crochet. I crochet a lot when im stressed or anxious
I actually decided to try this out today when I was feeling like hurting myself and it’s very soothing. What a beautiful art form
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@@Jamesw587 you really thought you did something
How? Is this a case of bad comment section turns good and the only remnants we have left are people saying it's bad?
Incredibly symbolic. Real life poetry, without a single word spoken.
I use to dump seed beads on my carpet and pick them up with a sewing needle and separate them by color.
That's really interesting and I think I might try that. Thank you.
@@olivebudoliveI advise dark beads on a light colored rug. And make sure to take regular breaks to avoid damaging your back and doing this with good lighting. I ended up with poor vision and a bad back.
@@InsaneLaughter01 Thanks! I will heed your warning. I have a tendency to paint with my canvas on the floor, hunched over it. I don't need more back problems as a result of a coping mechanism lol
I find painting and art in general definitely helps me. For anyone reading struggling with mental health try art- drawing, painting, crayon etc it’s amazing what it can do ❤
I just realized a way to do this and also not waist paper. You can use the shreds of paper and make them into new paper via a blender and screen/flat strainer you can add leaves and flowers to the paper making it look fancy. then you can use the new paper for letters and stuff. you could even add seeds to the paper if you wanted msshiandmrhe have a good video on how to do this.
This is often how people describe knitting with metal needles. When they slide against each other they make a noise and it’s repetitive if you knit in the round. It’s very soothing.
I’ve been cutting paper a ton recently and it’s been a coping mechanism for me bc both me and my friends parents are divorcing rn so it’s really hard to focus
Also I love the noise and it calms me why’ll cutting the paper
It makes sense that I find it relaxing when I cut and glue together PDF sewing patterns. Gotta cut the two edges off numerous sheets. Then I get my Elmer's glue and just do meditative lines of glue along the edges and line it all up.
What is the name of this artist and are the cutting sounds on a video on youtube?
Sachiko Abe is the artist. Not sure about the sounds
@@theartrevival Thanks!
Doing this really help me calm down back when I was struggling with my emotions
And then I print one wrong thing and people scolds me like I single-handedly cut down a forest
this feels so therapeutic and mind calming, I’ll do this!
This is creepy. I used to do that everyday in science class because a boy was abusing me. I completely wiped it from my mind since then. I called them 'easter grass'
I feel like one of these shows would be so calming to sit down to
*me in the 3rd grade working on an art project:*
This is amazing, it just goes ro show that what most people would think is monotonous can be therapeutic to another, I absolutely love this as an artist myself that has ADHD, I feel better and more controlled when I draw, even a doodle calms me ❤❤
Honestly I thought this was a movie
I totally understand the mediation process of this. I am not a good painter, but I love to put paint on paper. I love to create digitally too on procreate, even if it’s just swipes and wisps. The process is very soothing. I usually end up throwing out or deleting it all too.
It brings tears to my eye.
Poor trees 😢
I would do the same thing as a kid and the doctor said it was a sign of autism. The more artists I learn about the more I realize that a person’s mental health has a really big influence on if they become an artist
my toxic trait is thinking i could do it just as well but quicker
Performance Art is wild.
This one is so quiet abt healing, it is... nice. In a way
SAVE TREES
She spends 40 minutes to cut one piece and she spends 10 hours cutting paper that is only 15 pieces of paper a day
There are trillions of trees on earth
I really feel for her. I'm so sorry. I hope she finds peace without needing this and lives a full life. I'm happy she used it to create art and support herself❤
Then hours a day for years. What thoughts is she having? What is she ding with the rest of her day? Does she talk to anyone in the gallery or is just silently cutting? I have so many questions
Wow i love doing these during small moments where I feel blank.
It’s really meditative indeed and I kinda connect with this tbh. ✂️
I'm sorry, that may be beautiful, but cutting 10 hours a day for 14 yrs?! This not healthy either.
This literally just motivated me if this woman can make a full-blown career over just cutting paper what is holding us back from going after the things that we want literally we can make money doing anything it's about what we put our mind too
The amount of paper that was wasted by this artist is the only thing that's gonna make me cry.
Thank you for saying this
origami was always been a beloved hobby of mine, when i was very young my mom would teach me how to fold different things. i struggle with mental health, specifically paranoia and some hallucinations, so every time i feel scared i pull out my paper and start folding cranes. i do specifically cranes because of what they symbolize, and i have a box full of them. i haven’t thrown a single one away.
Bra I could not do that
But you didnt
i used to do this all the time to deal with stress, this is a real thing and it can be extremely helpful when i’m feeling like a tornado is actively ripping through my head
how tf is cutting paper art now💀💀 i feel bad for her mental state but dawg not every thing is some artistic shit
Psychiatric hospitals in America refused to give me any art supplies because they believed I would hurt myself with it. When all I wanted to do was draw to express myself.
I recently went to a residential psychiatric facility where everything was much more relaxed and calmed down. They gave all the art supplies I could ever ask for, as long as I used it with the nurses nearby.
Unfortunately, due to my insurance, I was dropped from the program before so I could even begin treatment. But the art I did start during that very short time period, I still continue on to this day.
So who paid her bills while she was doing this for 10 years, 14hrs a day? Its not that it isnt art.. but it IS incredibly wasteful. You cant blame people for not understanding, because most people dont have 10 hrs a day and over a decade to sit around cutting paper. Most people with mental health issues still have to go work and pay the bills. They still have responsibilities and cant just ignore them for 'art'.
Its awesome how art helps people with mental health problems and also noticed that those people are reaaaaally good and have unique arts
So wasteful
She spends 40 minutes to cut one piece and she spends 10 hours cutting paper that is only 15 pieces of paper a day
@@Azaarv still wasteful as long as it doesn't go to good use
@@blondie8524 it’s literally helping her mental health
Genes like these don't end up far and I find that beautiful.
Proof that not thinking about your problems helps A LOT