Her insights equally apply to the essays compiled for this second issue on the topic. 3), Allyson Purpura (2009) explored the ideas, motivations and outcomes-intentional and unintentional-that inform ephemeral arts with power, poignancy and meaning. In her introductory essay to the first "Ephemeral Arts" issue of African Arts (vol. Ephemeral art plays with time, subverts it and with it the notion of permanence that is often associated with works of art. 2) the vibrant green brilliance of Bwa leaf masquerades from Burkina Faso that are destroyed at sundown the collaborative and temporary environmental installations around the world of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude the short-lived collective experience of public events such as firework displays, Mardi Gras, and the Rose Bowl and other parades held in the US to mark special occasions-these are some of the visual and performing arts that come easily to mind and that illustrate the creativity and vibrancy of ephemeral arts the world over. 1) the drawings by contemporary artist William Kentridge that are erased and altered as part of his process of creating works on film (Fig. Navajo and Tibetan sand paintings from North America and Asia that are created and then destroyed as offerings that heal and bless spectacular creations in paper and wood designed for the funerary pyre of Hindu Balinese cremation rites (Fig.
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