Friday, September 26, 2008
3.3 seconds (a revision)
i wanted to share with you a mini version of my dnkl mandala video. the full length feature is 25 minutes... this one is approx. 5 minutes... i took almost 100 small pieces out of my footage that last 3.3 seconds each.... the first clip happened to be 4.3 seconds, so i just followed that timing throughout the movie... but with the transitions added, the new length of each portion is one second less... i tweaked it so that it wouldn't be too fast to watch.... thanks to karin!
then i got to thinking (as my movie was uploading) how many special moments i captured because i was present during those moments, focused on one thing (single pointed meditation in a way - that's why i love doing video as an art form!) anyway, i got to thinking - how many small pieces of each day do i (we) miss out on because we are constantly thinking of a million things (past, present, future type stuff)? 3.3 seconds is not a long time - you only blink about once and you can't get a deep belly breath in and out... but those moments are so valuable (as you can see in the video - or at least i can see them). the smile i got from the monk, the little wave from tenzin choegyal, the grass bright and lime green, the incense floating into the air, the peace flags reflecting in the water. i pondered about how many of those moments pass by during my busy day at school, barely breathing, rushing from one activity to the next...
do we need to be aware of these moments? i believe so... and it's just part of our practice to constantly remind ourselves to be present even if the moment doesn't sparkle like the ones in my video...just some thoughts at 12:44 at night after a really long week. (I'm even trying to learn how to focus on the gaps in between those moments, which is a whole other blog post and it's too late to think about that!)
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4 comments:
pretty cool Jen,
The whole is very beautiful to me.
One thing I just learned is that 4.3 seconds is even a shorter amount of time than I thought! As I tried to focus on each image I felt some sense of urgency build in me, because each image was gone so fast. I realized I'm kinda slow, internally, and couldn't quite align my inner with what I was taking in (if that makes sense) - until I focused more on the continuum of sound that you had going in the back ground. I loved the smooth flow of that carrying the rapidly changing imagery. Now I want to see the full 25 minutes :)
much love and peace to you, Karin
so lovely! thank you for making it and sharing it.
both of you will be getting the full versions in the mail at some point:)
so you can enjoy the high def video and much slower pace... thanks for the comments and for checking out my blog!
peace and presence,
j
hey karin - i just realized why the images move faster (than 4.3 seconds)... i faded each one into the next so that it wouldn't have the effect of a strobe light and the fade eats up some of each little portion of the film. i was a bit uneasy watching it as well... but if i take anything out of it i think the whole feeling would be lost... and if i make the fades shorter, it could have an impact on the flow... so glad to be learning a whole new modality of expression - it is keeping me on my feet and challenging me in ways that other art forms that i know well don't challenge me anymore... all the while sharing it with everyone! just have to figure out how to sleep while making movies and i'll be all set. xoj
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