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"Quiet is the night and full of peace, fresh and p

"Quiet is the night and full of peace, fresh and pure, undisturbed. As though all physical connections to the outside world have been severed. The soul finds itself alone, brimful with calm and the night's all-encompassing stillness. Wordless and omniscient. The ages and eternity flow through her like a gentle murmur with an incogitable and sweet sensation of delight."

-Helgi Valtysson, "In Reindeer Country" (1945) [quoted in Andri Snaer Magnason's "On Time and Water"]

"I lie on the warm grass under a sunny, autumn sky

"I lie on the warm grass under a sunny, autumn sky and smell the earth. Dear earth. No questions here - no labels or demands, no foolish words. The agitated world of mind finds rest. The two conditions, are not actually separate unless we think them so. They interpenetrate; one serves the other. It is well described as 'Being in the world but not of it." -John Butler

While you're at @latimesfob this year to see Amand

While you're at @latimesfob this year to see Amanda Gorman may I suggest a quick stop at Mudd Hall 203 on Sunday, April 24 @ 1:30pm to see my film "The Picture Taking Experiment" on an actual screen, meet local legend Richard Grumm (the star of the film), and hear me share some stories about making the film. 🙏

#bookfest #latimesfestivalofbooks #latimesshortdocs

In celebration of earth day "The Dawn Chorus" is f

In celebration of earth day "The Dawn Chorus" is free [for a limited time] to experience now at watch.dawnchorusfilm.com.

Watch + rest + exhale + resume the important work of making things better.

"I think we’re all seeing the need for reinvention, for newness, for a new world, but how do we get there? What I keep telling myself and everyone I love is that the world before this pause was imagined. The world we will have after is currently being imagined. We are all part of that work. It’s a message I hope we keep passing on and on and on, because it has sturdy composition, is made out of way more than thin air. I know from my own personal life that there’s a jarring quake that comes with losing the lens through which you’ve always seen the world. It’s a heartbreak. A loss. Only, not of a person; of the entire way you understand seeing. There’s a scintillating quiet that follows. You can’t turn or run from it; you have to make something else, or it’ll be made for you. It’s up to you, says the glowing instruction, choose the life and lens you can survive." –Eloghosa Osunde

#earthday #restisresistance

@brandonvedder and I are in production on a new fi

@brandonvedder and I are in production on a new film exploring slowness, long-term thinking, and our relationship with time. If all goes as planned, we’ll be at it for another six centuries. For more on that and the story behind the odd title, check out the new teaser + read my essay "A Film 600 Years in the Making" (featuring the lovely photography of @alex_kozobolis) at #longnowfoundation. Link in bio.

Shout-outs to the rest of the team just mad enough to join us on this journey: @christine_on_fire, Chevy Chen, @nic.kropp and @alex_kozobolis

#longtermthinking #slow #johncage #asslowaspossible #organ2aslsp #asap

Hey all, I'm thrilled to share that my short film

Hey all, I'm thrilled to share that my short film "The Picture Taking Experiment" just premiered today on @latimesdocs (link in bio) & will be the featured film all month. (swipe right for teaser + note: there's a $1 paywall to access LA Times Short Docs)

Special thx to @naniswalker & Jim Gohrick for believing in the project, @nasajpl for their help in securing some incredible archival moments, @alex_kozobolis for his stunning score, @brandonvedder for the nudge to do this. And of course, thx to Richard Grumm for sharing your story & expanding our view of the cosmos.

“I can never look upon the Stars without wondering why the whole World does not become Astronomers.” –Thomas Wright

#astronomy #mars #nasa #jpl #documentary

What an honor to be invited to mentor some crazy t

What an honor to be invited to mentor some crazy talented doc filmmakers at @filmindependent for Global Media Makers. And to be doing it in this building, the former HQ of E! Entertainment, where I got my start in the biz over 20 years ago. Thx @filmindependent & the one & only @anayansi_prado for the opportunity. #globalmm #filmdiplomacy

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