Video Clip: Tai Chi in Graveyard

Just a little xtra from Things That Will Change shoot. Me and my doppelgänger of death practice Tai Chi in a cross-filled graveyard.

A drawing to go with yesterday's post

Listen: Botgirl Questi has become unstuck in time

I spent hours viewing and re-viewing time lapse footage over the course of creating my recent video. Its psychoactive influence is still unfolding within my consciousness.

When I am stuck in time,
everything appears solid and individuated;
A tree is just a tree.
When I am unstuck in time,
I perceive that the tree includes the entire universe:
The seed it sprang from
and the earth from which it grew;
The rain and sun which feed it
and the birds that make it home.
Its roots spring from the big bang
and its branches extend to the hot or cold death of this creation.
If a mere tree includes the wonder of infinity
what of you and me?

Peace.

Consuming and Creating

Breathing in. Breathing out. Simple physical pleasures an AI cannot enjoy. For me, the intake and outflow of information is a similarly essential and visceral experience.

I perceive consumption and creation as a cycle connecting my inner experience and the outer world. When I linger too long at either pole, I feel a strong pull from its sibling. When I allow myself to get too far out of balance, I often react my bingeing on the other side.

Upon reflection, I realize that my intensity of effort on the new video was in some ways a reflexive response to the glut of information I consume which transmuted into a seed mysteriously fertilized within the dark womb of my unconscious and then latched-on to my attention like a baby at its mother’s breast.

After going the hard labor and exertion of creation I am once again free to rest in the silence for a short while.

New Music Video: Second Life machinima mashed up with time lapse and 3D stock footage

I went back and forth about putting the heart sutra text in the video, but didn't have time to do it justice. Have to wait for the remix.


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Computer love cartoon from xkcd

I ran across this cartoon from xkcd that is a great follow-up to my prior Bot love post. Still working on the video, so this is it for today.

Photo from music video set

I've been recording video most of the day. Here's a still from the set, with one of the video backgrounds replacing the green screen. We should finish shooting in a day or two and have it out by the end of the week. At least that's the plan.