That Initial Response

It is hard not to think, “wow that's really awesome" or “that’s cool” after watching Seaweed or Making a Shell. But those meaningless phrases are not nearly effective enough to describe what you just saw or experienced. What does the word “awesome” even mean? It is really just as subjective as the word art is, my definition of awesome is certainly not the same as yours. We say these little fillers all the time, but it’s not our fault! We have been bombarded with these meaningless statements all throughout our lives. Even as a young child we hear and say “aww look how cute it is!” or “oh that’s adorable”, we throw around these meaningless adjectives when we really don’t know what they mean. We know what those words are supposed to represent, or what they are associated with, but not what they mean. The over use of these fluff words have made them become platitudes, second nature to us, almost as reflexive as someone saying “God bless you” after someone sneezes.

On another note, I noticed that both Seaweed and Making a Shell are short films. They were in no sense long narratives of any kind, more so snapshots. It's difficult to watch the videos without letting your mind wander as to what else you could do with that type of low-fi imaging. The seamless combination of photography and video creates this surrealists movement of the subject’s hands. Both films are really are beautiful catalysts for further exploration, inceptions.