Jesus christ. My friend… Just shot off my pepper spray Gun in the house.
Deep in the rainforests of the Indian state of Meghalaya, bridges are not built, they’re grown. For more than 500 years locals have guided roots and vines from the native Ficus Elastica (rubber tree) across rivers, using hollowed out trees to create root guidance systems. When the roots and vines reach the opposite bank they are allowed to take root. Some of the bridges are over 100 feet long and can support the weight of 50 people.
Holy shit. Take me here.
This is incredible, beautiful… Amazing.
(Source: underaged)
Today’s the last day for Zoetica’s D4RT project, currently on Kickstarter.
“D4RT is a mobile art class that aims to bring workshops and public art projects to impoverished communities all over the world, with its first installment to take place in September of 2011 in Yantaló, Peru.”
That there is glorious. Donate, help her…wait, no, not her, help the kids in Yantaló. Give a few dollars, tell a couple friends. Help Zoetica help others. Remember when somebody taught you to paint, or to take a picture, or to write a story? Awesome. Now help do that for somebody else!
Brush Ninja – outtakes from my D4RT Kickstarter video, a couple more here.
There are just two weeks left – can we get to 13k and bring D4RT to a Cambodian orphanage in 2012? We need $6,119 more to do it.
Cinematography by Josh Gibson, music by Daniel Hengeveld.






