Hand it to the Japanese for a rule-bending, jaw-dropping, boo-making, often confusing, easy-to-misjudge, difficult-to-understand universal art that otherwise is awesome and inspiring.

(Read: Persistence).

Hiroshi Sugimoto, photographer:

I have a kitchen’s worth of utensils that produce sparks with different characteristics,” he says. “But there are many variables — weather, humidity, perhaps even what I had for breakfast — I’m never sure what influences the results.

Wired has a short story on Sugiro’s passion & techniques & a nice slideshow to go with it, or you can visit his Lightning Fields gallery on his homepage.

via Jon J. Eilenberg/Wired