When asked if he is a man obsessed with cave digging, he
gives the really thoughtful response: “Is a child obsessed with play?” He waxes
on to say, that when you love what you are doing, you are driven to do it all
the time. He sees his majestic pieces as environmental projects; his goal is to
inspire people such that they open up emotionally, in response to the enormity
and power of what his carvings evoke.
It can be said that he has created magic in the underground
caves that he has carved. They are at once intimate and overwhelming.
Interestingly, Ra doesn’t see himself as an artist, but simply as a man
expressing his sense of wonder in a passionate way. I would beg to differ with
his opinion that he is not an artist. What he has created, is livable art of
unbelievable power.
The video you are about to watch tells the rest of his
story, and gives you a tour of his magnificent caves. Unbelievably, his work
had no notoriety until a filmmaker asked to do a documentary about Ra. Called
“Cave Digger”, the film ended up winning an academy award! Please share your
reactions to this story of peaceful man who’s purpose was a dedication to his
craft. We can guarantee that you are about to view something you have never
seen before….