Walt Disney
Secrets
of Life
1956
Feature-length documentary
poster
The first visual sensation I can remember is from when I was 10-11 years of age.
As a festive last school day before a school holiday, I went to
a cinema for the very first time.
It probably was Christmas break, because I remember when I left
the cinema excited at the end of the afternoon, it was already dark.
In the supporting program of "101 Dalmatians - Night of the
cold noses" there was a film in which time lapse photography showed how
plants and flowers emerged from the ground from nothing or from just a blade.
In a few minutes time they became a plant, got flowers and started to bloom.
You saw everything grow and become green, buds unfolded and
turned into flowers.
It made an unforgettable impression on me.
As a little boy I found out that everything is constantly moving
and changing, and that everything is connected.
I saw tremendous energy in everything that lives and moves.
Walt Disney with "Secrets of Life" is therefore the
artist who left me a lasting first impression.
Kees de Goede, 2019
Kees de Goede (NL)
Lied
van de aarde
1983-85
oil on linen over a frame
of branches
190 x 190 x 38 cm
photo Rob Versluys
