Sublimity Sunday

The sublime has the power to inspire and amaze. For example, this week’s Sublimity Sunday features a video of a Kyrgyz komuzchu (musician) rocking out on a komuz, the national instrument of Kyrgyzstan. The komuz is a three-stringed instrument carved from walnut wood that is played by a combination of… Read the rest

The only thing scarier than knowing a 3,000-pound flesh eater is swimming in the ocean where you surf is when you realize that this very same beast is both comfortable and confident enough in its own terrible strength to hurl itself several feet into the air for no other purpose… Read the rest

Sublimity is not for the weak of heart. But there are some who seek it out nonetheless. This week we offer you video footage of the Han Dan festival from Taiwan, where bare-chested volunteers submit themselves as targets while onlookers hurl hundreds of firecrackers at them. Watch as the volunteers… Read the rest

Sometimes the sublime is an act of nature and other times it’s an act of man. But today your weekly dose of the sublime is an act of sheep. Breathe deep the awesomeness that can transpire when a team of creative shepherds head into the  hills of Wales with electrified … Read the rest

By definition, the sublime is a greatness with which nothing else can be compared and which is beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement or imitation. It is the vast, the great, the terrible, the extreme, the very weird, and the oh-so-awesome.
Today, your weekly dose of the sublime comes in… Read the rest

Today your weekly dose of the sublime comes in the form of two videos in ultra-slow motion. The first is a lightening storm where the bolts shoot out of the sky so clearly that you can almost see the arm of Zeus chucking them down. The second is a surfer… Read the rest