Sheets to the Wind

So I'm watching this guy create a collapsing tower and expanding flower out of a single sheet, with intricate and intimate precision, the culmination of hours upon hours of carefully planned creases and in-creases, while I'm lying on the sofa trying to figure out how I can fish a radish out of my Bloody Mary with one chopstick.  Yep, that sounds about right.  As I found out, it is not necessary to be drunk for this to be difficult, or for one to fall into deep cosmic love with a piece of folded paper... If one of your favorite pastimes as a kid was graph paper, or cloud-busting, or you've ever been turned on by sculpture, or if you find yourself laid up or needing to lie down for an hour, you might enjoy this little documentary titled "Between the Folds".  Those of you who are already doing origami mathematics over your morning bowl of Alpha-bits might find this old hat, and unfortunately the narration is both dull and annoying, but there are some paper wonders in this film (as well as a bit of insight on Chopin and Rachmaninoff), a worthwhile diversion.

 I could so totally fold that.