The Beat That My Heart Skipped – A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi.

Oh we watched a wonderful film last night called Man on Wire about eccentric Phillip Petit! (what a sweet name)

Born into a middle-class French family in 1949, Philippe Petit taught himself magic, juggling and high-wire walking while still a child. At sixteen he began to travel the world as a street juggler. He has performed illegal high-wire walks between the towers of Notre Dame, the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and the northern pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The documentary was about him sneaking into the Twin Towers when it was first being built and planning the tightrope walk. It was a wonderful film about what people will do to achieve what they believe in. Really inspirational, I would recommend everyone watch it – strangely life affirming.

The second image is of another one of Petit’s walks at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 1982

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From the sweet French film Le Ballon Rouge (1956)

I watched ‘Frida’ last night, a film about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It was the perfect night to watch it as it was so balmy it suited the mood of the film.

Frida Kahlos painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that included Realism, Symbolism and Surrealism. Many of her works are self portraits that symbolically express her own pain and sexuality.

I am not usually into bright colours and vivid imagery in my art but in Kahlo’s work there is a certain softness that counterbalances this. I especially like her the colours and compositions in her self portraits.

The imagery in the film by the way was amazing.