Kottke has an interesting post about a “liquids sculptor” named Shinchi Maruyama, who tosses fluids into the air and then photographs what are stunning and momentary shapes. An excerpt from a Dallas Morning News interview with the artist by Nicole Pasulka:

“Dallas Morning News: These images, or sculptures are so exciting, fleeting and unique. How do you determine or control the shape of the water or ink?

Shinchi Maruyama: Just keep throwing the liquids for the sake of it.

Dallas Morning News: It seems there’s a definitive moment of performance in your work, though this be said of all painting and sculpture. Are you more aware of the event or moment of your sculpture because the final result is a photograph?

Shinchi Maruyama: I think I am more aware of the moment recently after many years of experimenting with liquids. But no matter how many times I repeat the same process of throwing it in the air, I never achieve the same result. And I am so fascinated by this unexpected interaction of liquids colliding, which happens fairly infrequently, that I am overwhelmed by its beauty.”