"creating some of the best and most organized sand art I've ever seen. It looked like TikTok-famous 2024 aliens had ditched the cornfields in 2025 to gentrify Ocean Beach - upgrading the coarse, unkempt sand with sprawling geometric patterns. Spirals, peace signs, and sunrays stretched across the shore, anchored by a simple message: "Be Kind." Beachgoers wove through the designs, careful but inevitably disruptive, because this was art meant to be temporary."
"As I walked down to the beach I was greeted by a 10-year-old with the presence of an established 40-somethings man - a level of maturity that I have yet to see in the tech bro culture that runs this city. "Can I help you, are you here for the event?" asked KaviAmador. I told the young usher that I was looking for the person in charge and he pointed to his father, Andrés Amador."
Ocean Beach briefly became a large outdoor gallery of meticulously raked sand art, with volunteers shaping sprawling geometric patterns across the shoreline. Designs included spirals, peace signs, sunrays and a central message reading "Be Kind," anchored across coarse sand. Families and passersby navigated the patterns, sometimes treading through the work while respecting its temporary nature. A ten-year-old usher, Kavi Amador, guided visitors and pointed to his father, Andrés Amador, a lead artist who downplayed concerns about permanence. The artworks were intentionally ephemeral; incoming tides and waves ultimately erased the raked masterpieces within hours.
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