WAR

repeating this piece adds context to the cycle

(more connections can become apparent).

Thank you, Zan, for dancing, and thank you, Nithiya, for clip suggestions, ideas, and recording.

Just so this work is not taken out of context, I am not pro-Michael Moore; I used some clips from Bowling for Columbine because I realize that even though we may disagree with a particular person's politics, we can still find value in what they're saying and build off of what we believe are good points (in this case, a major point, which was also made by John Dos Pasos in his book 1919, is a concept called 'Reimportation of War' - ideas and weapons we create to hurt others tend to find their way home).

POV

I - one space - one life (where you go, there you are)

II - one time (continuous now)

III - this is our scope of life, it was made this way for a reason. We are not made to live multiple people’s lives…ex: group-think mob lead by a puppeteer…or multiple times…ex: stuck living in the past.

1st person Point Of View expresses the mesoscope of our existence.

Enclosure: life is one time (now) - one person…this is our sphere of control.

When we flow with life, instead of trying to control it, reformation is enabled.

The roll embodies this concept…trying to fight the fall’s force would get me hurt, but, reforming the force gave me greater energy.

Three versions of the initial sequence show three manifestations (action-dynamic vantages) of the same (and very similar) scene.

a. was made to look like I unknowingly tripped, fell, and rolled to proceed toward my car.

In b., I still tripped and fell, but this time, it was done in a (personally) well controlled manner…almost silent

c. was in the middle; it was realistic and controlled (the viewer can see my foot fly in front of the camera to tell I was literally head over heels).

I had to do the dive-roll-out-of-a-trip (s) with no hands to hold the camera so I could get the 1st person POV!

The next sequence depicts my mind drifting out of one place and time (while driving)! I should not be thinking about the past (childhood video games) and other people’s lives while driving. The view becomes narrower and the over-imposed realities destructively interfere with each other.

Thankfully, 1 POV returns, though sporadically (recovery is often not instantaneous), as I go into Grocs-lab to learn and grow.

rolls

(video meant to be watched without sound)

For me, rolls represents a physical emboyment of reformation and
subsequent potential.


PS. and yes my rolls have gotten a lot better since this was made; at the time, I was happy to be able to explore more motions with my body. I am still happy;

the ability to reform situations, helps us protect ourselves from harm and even gain potential from the interaction!

limited fork poetics

Properties of fork (personal opinion):


1a. tool of transformation

b. enables change
2a. contrasts enable interaction (permitting possible change and growth)
b. multiple opportunities
c. (life) information - structures - (synchronized) motion…at multiple levels…
all interact to make change (create life)
3. reforms momentum (positive or negative energy) to help enable (positive) transformation
4a. Life is (for all of us) continuous now s
b. Life can always change
5. Pertaining to tangible and intangible info - structures - motion (growth, life, creation) at multiple levels of existence.
6. stability, flexibility, function

7. tool of potential

questions?

Do
questions
enable growth…

allow us a mental pathway so
we can search for more info. to
grow?

night

I made this video, several years ago, using photos I took on a trip to see my father during Hurricane Rita, after Hurricane Katrina in the same area, and with pictures from a peaceful trip I took to Boulder, Colorado. This project deals with personal frantic emotions associated with that catastrophe and aspects of life for all of us.

This video has a lot of emotional content for me, and I believe (and have been told) that the emotional effect can be felt, by others, as well. Also, I am glad to see that I have grown since this video was made; still, I really like this video.