Instrumental Shifts in Perspective

I'd like to compel you to immediately visit this site:

ART DIRECTION: INSTRUMENTS FROM INSIDE on the Behance Network 

I'd post images here, but you really must see them all together as a collection (and I didn't have the patience to retrieve them all, in addition to trying to gain permission to repost the entire set).  I was blown away when I first saw the cavernous beauty of the instruments, and the soft light illuminating each photograph.  The simplicity of the message underscores the complex group of emotions I feel when gazing at these images.  

First, I am overwhelmed by the craftsmanship of these instruments; the loving care they so clearly receive on a regular basis.  Tending to the upkeep of these objects is, in itself, an act of art.  And then, I am struck by the process through which these photographs were captured, and the artful arrangement of such tiny little images.  But mostly, I am moved by the simple shift in perspective that causes the viewer to pause, and to assess the world from a whole new angle.  The impact that this one conversion has on the way in which we view familiar objects is powerful, regardless of how many times we have been exposed to this type of transformation.  

Harold and the Purple Crayon has been in heavy rotation around these parts, and I must admit that I'm pretty excited about this new development.  Obj. #4 has been tearing through the paper bin, scribbling purposefully across a page, and then throwing it behind her on the floor as she dives into the pile for her next blank canvas.  By the end of a session, she's sitting in the middle of a volcano of color, most of it having settled in on her forehead, chin, and eyebrows.  

There's so much joy in the act, so much development inherent in the process, that I started reading up on the cognitive and emotional benefits of drawing.  There are so many!  Physically, socially, intellectually.  Along the way, I stumbled upon this little gem, "preschoolers draw what they know about the world, rather than attempting to capture a photographic mirror of reality. That is why we see drawings depicting both the outside and inside of an object at the same time (transparencies or x-rays)."  This phrase strikes a chord deep within me, and it makes me realize that really, we are all just preschoolers at heart.  Drawing our way through this world, projecting little microcosms of reality that are reflections of what we know to be true.  Sometimes, our truths accurately mirror reality.  But more often than not, we're just a bit off.  We overlap the inner bits of our own peculiar beings with the outside world, which itself is a mish-mosh of a billion other unique perspectives.  Every one of them packing as much vital information, intellect, release, relief, joy, hurt, and curiosity as one can possibly hold.