THE COLORFUL
PLANET
“Oh, such a boring life without colors!...”
From an ad movie of the 1950s for Sherwin-Williams(Speaker’s voice in off)
If I told you he was your brother
We could reminisce
Then you would go about your day
If I said you ought to give him some of your water
You'd shake your canteen and walk away
Jonathan Renouf
Is a lie
For some reason you never asked why
This is not a black and white world
Leni Riefenstahl
You can't afford to believe in your side
“Mar de gente”
This is not a black and white world
To be aliveI say that the colors must swirl
Hans Sylvester
And I believeThat maybe today
We will all get to appreciate
The beauty of gray
Sebastião Salgado
If I told you she was your mother
We could analyze the situation and be gone
If I said you ought to give her some of your water
Your eyes would light up like the dawn
The perception that divides you from herIs a lie
For some reason we never asked why
This is not a black and white world
You can't afford to believe in your side
“Noé, Noé!”
This is not a black and white world
Leni Riefenstahl
I say that the colors must swirlTo be alive
That maybe todayAnd I believe
We will all get to appreciate
That we will all get to appreciate
The beauty of gray
Sebastião Salgado
The beauty of gray now
Sebastião Salgado
The beauty of gray
Sebastião Salgado
The beauty of gray now
Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado
Look into your eyes
Giuseppe Penone
No daylight
New day now
“Sunshine”
MusicThe beauty of gray
Performed by LIVE
ImagesInternet
(No credits, except when mentioned)
Photografic referenceGiuseppe Penone : Arte Povera
Leni Riefenstahl : The Nuba Sebastião Salgado : Genesis Project
Mar de Gente and Noé, Noé! Deu a louca no convésMusicals directed by Ivaldo Bertazzo
Sunshine Film directed by Danny Boyle
Special thanks to all whose artwork made possible this slideshowJuão Maya