The Cleaning Process or Time Travel in 100 swabs

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Time is a curious beast. Regardless of who we are and what we desire, time passes and takes no quarter. And while we know this and are acutely aware of the passing of time, as those grains of sand accumulate our ability to grasp them slips through our fingers like well, grains of sand. Sometimes the only marker of time passed by is change. For change is the evidence of time. And much like we don’t see ourselves going gray in the mirror daily, we are shocked to see an old friend who is now salt and pepper for it seems so sudden. We look around our homes and can’t see the curtains bleached from the sun, the carpet less fluffy than the day we rolled around on it after installation. Even the plants in our gardens appear suddenly taller and more full. For as fast as time passes, change can be glacially slow. But change is certain and though we may not see it as it happens, when we look back at photos of our garden, or move the couch to reveal an untrampled spot of carpet we may be shocked at the transformation and feel betrayed by our inability to recognize or remember this change. And for the most part those changes are now part of the story; nothing and no one is immune to change.

[camilakleinpaul]

You know you've been watching too much Baumgartner when you are able to notice the subtle change in Julian's voice when he's about to announce a skillshare ad

[josmith]

I love how he doesn't have to explain what he is doing anymore every one of us just knows by now.

[hereforagoodtime]

The only things smoother than Julian‘s voice are his transitions

[KrisVilliger]

This is what it feels like coming out of a deep depression. Everything is so dull and sticky, but slowly life starts to brighten up again.

[sarahgibson]

I love how she went from "I just got back from my Hawaiian getaway" to "I need 23 layers of sunscreen just to get the mail." Beautiful job.

[shanettequao]

I think we can all agree that all shades of blue in this painting were done dirty by time

[MadeOfHamm]

Julian out here flexing his poetry skills

[BalletomaneM]

Me: *stressed as hell about literally everything in the world*
Julian: I gotchu fam, here's a video of pure cleaning, relaxing voice, and beautiful music

[aprilee_]

I gasped when the dress was cleaned. Who would’ve thought it was such a vivid blue

[moniquereed]

I would never have guessed that the subject of the portrait is sitting in flowers! Or that there was a red book in the grass beside her. And look at that cobalt blue! The finished result is gorgeous!

[gonshocks]

I would like to find a way to clean off the 65 year old varnish on me.

[leopfeffer]

T.S Eliot measured life in coffeespoons. Julian, in cotton swabs.

[gracepriestley]

I want to find some kind of DIY kit where you’re given a really dirty fake painting and can just clean it for therapy

[rockus]

Me: "no one could ever clean a painting in under 1 swab per minute and do it exactly with 100 swabs"
Julian: "Hold my coffee"

[richardhurst]

It wouldn’t have surprised me one bit if we also found out that Julian was actually playing the piano too!!!

[ditzyrose]

If you don't make art then why am I crying at this video of a guy giving some painting a bath

[Kaiwan-bz]

Bruh he got the perfect audiobook voice. Hope the next audible sponsorship comes with a reading contract.

[AngelieBuena]

why is no one talking about how beautiful the narrated text was? yes his voice was beautiful but if I were to read that aloud in my head even my annoying inner self voice would love it

[OcarinaSapphr-]

I thought the girl was like- sitting next to an autumnal wood or something - I had no idea there would be so much blue, nor how *vibrant* she’d look...

[piperevelyn]

That first swab had me like woah, it did not look *that* dirty.
That painting time travelled from autumn to spring.