Creativity and insight almost always involve an experience of acute pattern recognition: the eureka moment in which we perceive the interconnection between disparate concepts or ideas to reveal something new.
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Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative context; everything is just perfect, and something magical happens - the film breaks through the screen and does something to you.
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As a media artist and filmmaker, I'm constantly considering the role of situational context when creating my work.
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For me, it's always a failure of the imagination. I have that anxiety that time is passing, that everything is ultimately fleeting and impermanent. I better take advantage of every single moment.
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I make short films, little documentaries, about the co-evolution of humans and technology.
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There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity.
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