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Ve el episodio completo en: https://www.wearenotzombies.com/canales/life/y-tu-que/john-shaver  WE ARE NOT ZOMBIES presenta Y TÚ QUÉ con JOHN SHAVER  John Shaver es un artista profesional basado en la ciudad de Vancouver. Desde muy joven supo que quería ser artista pues sus diferentes habilidades lo encaminaron a esa profesión. Sin embargo, el arte expuesto en galerías y museos no le atraía; quería que su arte fuera más público, que el exterior y el paisaje se convirtieran en su propio medio de exhibición.  A través del Land Art, el cual emplea materiales de la naturaleza y construye instalaciones en ese mismo ambiente, John hace Rock Balancing, una disciplina que superpone piedras, sin ningún tipo de adhesivo o soporte, creando esculturas temporales. Este ejercicio es una especie de meditación, lo coloca en el aquí y el ahora, con el sonido de las olas de fondo, conviviendo con el peso y el tacto de las rocas. Su trabajo es el reflejo de la fragilidad humana: encontrar el equilibrio es sencillo, pero nunca es permanente.  Y Tú Qué presenta a humanas y humanos apasionados por su quehacer, su conocimiento y su camino de vida, para inspirar y motivar a otros a hallar su propia pasión.  Súmate al Movimiento No Zombie: Web: https://www.wearenotzombies.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearenotzom...  Youtube: https://bit.ly/39FViiC

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:02 My name is John Shaver.

00:13 I'm a professional artist.

00:16 I'm 39 years old, and I currently live in Vancouver.

00:24 When I first realized I wanted to be an artist

00:28 was when I was out of high school.

00:33 I knew that I had the ability to draw,

00:36 and I wanted to pursue it.

00:38 The older I got, the more I realized

00:41 that the type of art that the organized galleries want

00:47 and promote was not the type of art that I found satisfying.

00:54 So I dabbled in different mediums for a while,

00:58 and started getting into land art at a later age,

01:02 and really started pursuing it in front of the public

01:07 more so, and basically turning a shoreline

01:11 into my own personal gallery.

01:13 So I could just not bother with the traditional galleries

01:17 and all the bureaucratic red tape that goes along with it.

01:20 I just started doing public installations on my own.

01:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:28 My balancing stone work was born out of, as a child, boredom.

01:36 When I was balancing things as a young boy,

01:39 I was able to do it at about eight years old.

01:41 When I was walking in the park with my family,

01:44 we saw a rock balancer working on a shore in Stanley Park.

01:51 And I remember when we came there,

01:56 this person asked why he was doing this.

01:59 And his statement was really what kind of stuck with me

02:03 for a while, was he said he was doing it to remind us

02:06 that anything is possible.

02:08 What I found most impressive was when I tried it,

02:12 I couldn't do it.

02:13 But I remember what he said.

02:15 And I saw him doing it, so I knew it could be done.

02:19 And I tried and tried and tried, and finally I

02:21 got one not anywhere as near as good as he could do.

02:26 But I understood what he meant at that moment.

02:29 Right there, I sort of realized that if you believe anything

02:33 is possible, you're right.

02:37 But if you believe that it's an impossible thing,

02:40 you won't even pick up the stone to try.

02:43 So you're right.

02:44 It is impossible for you because you made it that way.

02:49 The only limit is what you set yourself.

02:51 So as a young boy, I realized that I could do it.

02:54 And from there, it just took off.

John Shaver | Y TÚ QUÉ

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