The following is a performance by Kseniya Simonova, a Ukrainian artist who recently won the "Ukraine's Got Talent" competition. She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret the invasion and occupation of her country from 1941-1945.

The video reminded me of several classmates from art school who would boast about buying expensive supplies,or complain about an assignment being impossible to complete with the low-grade or...