Indeed, art is not meant to be perfect. It is after all nothing more than a reflection of its maker, an imperfect being attempting to perfectly reflect the person he is at a specific moment in time. What excites me is when these “suggestions” take on a life of their own to seek interactions with the world, often unbeknownst to the maker. From time to time, the stars align and a perfect union between an imperfect piece of art and an imperfect observer can take place.

As of September 2011, on Hulu alone, Flight from Death has been viewed a total of 90,303 times. I like to imagine how many people like Don there are in the world who my work has affected in some way.

Check out this convo I had with Love In Stereo about The Philosopher Kings, La Source, my favorite docs, and how I used to want to bite the heads off bats. READ INTERVIEW

“It was the first kiss for both of us. We never really talked about it afterward. But I think about the events of that day again and again. And somehow I know that Winnie does too, whenever some blowhard starts talking about the anonymity of the suburbs or the mindlessness of the TV generation.Because we know that inside each one of those identical boxes, with its Dodge parked out front and its white bread on the table and its TV set glowing blue in the falling dusk, there were people with stories, there were families bound together in the pain and the struggle of love. There where moments that made us cry with laughter, and there were moments, like that one, of sorrow and wonder.” -Kevin Arnold

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Huangpu River, Shanghai, China