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Still but not stagnant. Silent but not without a s Still but not stagnant. Silent but not without a story to tell. #stilllife #motionpictures #canonc200 #50mm
“The windows of the soul are infinite, we are to “The windows of the soul are infinite, we are told. And it is through the eyes of the soul that paradise is visioned. If there are flaws in your paradise, open more windows! Vision is entirely a creative faculty: it uses the body and the mind as the navigator uses his instruments. Open and alert, it matters little whether one finds a supposed short cut to the Indies—or discovers a new world. Everything is begging to be discovered, not accidentally, but intuitively. Seeking intuitively, one’s destination is never in a beyond of time or space but always here and now. If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” -Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, Page 24 . #sonya7sii #50mm #henrymiller
A still from our lockdown inspired crowdsourced #T A still from our lockdown inspired crowdsourced #TheDawnChorus now streaming free via @dceff_org until 7/19. Our pal talented filmmaker @ar_forrester shot this scene in his backyard in Atlanta, GE and in the process fell back in love with nature that day. Watch now at link in bio. . “Recognizing that I was witnessing a longer and slower experience helped me understand how to better be in this pandemic for this moment and not be too anxious for the precise point when it is "over." I don't think the sunrise had a precise moment when it was over, at some point it just felt like it was time to go make breakfast.” -Adam Forrester
A still from The Dawn Chorus captured in Brighton, A still from The Dawn Chorus captured in Brighton, UK by the talented @alex_kozobolis. Film is now streaming free worldwide thru July 19 via @dceff_org at link in bio. . “i forgot how to use a zoom recorder and experienced retrospective humiliation + i forgot how to use a thermos and subsequently scolding my lip on molten tea, witnessed pain.. those aside .. what i think i enjoyed the most was having a tangible excuse to stand still for a long amount of time- I felt like i began to earn the trust of the birds around me the longer i stood still.” -Alex Kozobolis
A still from our film The Dawn Chorus - premiering A still from our film The Dawn Chorus - premiering tomorrow via @dceff_org - from a scene shot by filmmaker friend @young_charlotte_filmaker in Athens, Greece. Film is free worldwide 7/16 to 7/19. Link in bio. . “The world makes a pause. Only nature continues its daily routine giving us the idea of continuity. It is the first time that people give space to the planet. It is the first time that we understand our existence. At the end of this scenario that the universe is the director, infinite possibilities are open. At this dawn, I felt a connection with all the rest filmmakers in different places in the world. For some moments, we shared our fears and hopes. It was like all together wrote a note silently, a massive wish and we left it there, in the universe. In the end, I remember the words of the Greek philosopher: 'We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light'. Plato” -Ioanna Tsoucala @young_charlotte_filmaker . . #rebirth #covid19
A still from our crowdsourced film The Dawn Chorus A still from our crowdsourced film The Dawn Chorus premiering this Thurs 7/16-19 via @dceff_org from a scene shot by my friend Janos Tedeschi on Belchenflue Mt in Switzerland. . “Everything has a song, everything vibrates. A symphony of light and sound and smells. Even the rock I sit on seems endowed with some sort of animus. For a moment I feel somewhat … anxious. Am I allowed here, listening, witnessing what seems a sacred moment –- dawn. Does nature approve? Then cow bells far, far away. And then, almost as proof that I am not the only human being on this planet earth, the church bells from the Schöntal Abbey in the valley, marking 6 a.m. A few minutes after: sunrise. I close my eyes. Right now, there is absolutely nothing I want to change about my life.” -Janos Tedeschi
Very excited to share that THE DAWN CHORUS our lit Very excited to share that THE DAWN CHORUS our little lockdown inspired, globally crowdsourced meditation on the first light and sounds of May 3 will premiere online July 16-19 via the fine folks at @dceff_org & will be distributed by @cinemaguild. More info at link in bio. Pls share if u feel inclined, thx. #dawnchorusfilm #rebirth #covid19 #documentary
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