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"Ask the questions that have no answers." –Wende "Ask the questions that have no answers." –Wendell Berry
Osaka // July 2023 Osaka // July 2023
"...silence is something deep and also very active "...silence is something deep and also very active. In Japanese the word for this silence is mokurai. Moku means “silence” and rai means “thunder.” So silence is quiet, but there is an enormous voice like thunder there.” -Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment is the Universe
That's a wrap on screenings of our students' final That's a wrap on screenings of our students' final films and my first semester teaching at USC. What an incredible honor to be supporting these brilliant students who care so deeply about the world. And to hear from the podium that one of them not only learned a lot about directing from me but also how to be human, nearly destroyed me. What a gift. Thx to my fellow faculty for showing me the ropes and for inviting me to do it all over again in the fall! [📷 2-4 by Lisa Leeman]
"The gods confound the man who first found out how "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish hours. Confound him too who in this place set up a sundial to cut and hack my days so wretchedly into small pieces." -Titus Maccius Plautus
"In the end we will conserve only what we love, we "In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” -Baba Dioum
I'm not sure what I'll talk about for 8 whole week I'm not sure what I'll talk about for 8 whole weeks but here goes nothing. Judging by my headshot (taken by the one and only @alex_kozobolis) it's going to be intense. If u happened to sign up for this, drop me a note.
Sometimes you come across a film that changes the Sometimes you come across a film that changes the way you move thru the world - like I did when I caught a matinee of Philip Gröning's "Into Great Silence" back in 2007 - and maybe once in a lifetime you get a chance to meet the human who made that film and explore working together on something. Also pictured the incomparable @brandonvedder & @christine_on_fire.
Exploring Iceland, one of the last places on earth Exploring Iceland, one of the last places on earth to be settled by humans with @brandonvedder for Film1/ASAP: As Slow As Possible. The beauty here still has a primal quality to it.
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