MOVIES ON MY MIND

CLASS MOVIES: I've been thinking about movies with unexpected twists or shifts. I am looking to reel the viewer in and then have something change that causes them to think-- and not just think but have their minds twirling in thought. I watched Mulholland Drive over two weeks ago and it is still churning in my mind. Lynch had me caring for the characters, had me feeling I knew them, and then said: you don't know a thing. But, there were clues yet. I finished the film in disgust. I thought I hated it (only because before the shift, I thought I liked it). However, if I do hate it, I love how much it made (is making) me think. ANYONE want to talk more about this film, lets do. What David Lynch film should I watch next? Shifts and twists: Even in American Beauty, the viewer knows he is going to die from the first minute of the film, however we don't know when and how. It just keeps building. I really enjoyed the tension in this film. And of course, I am plagued to forever see the rule of thirds. Forever. The framing in Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love and 2046, is amazing. I love the frames within frames. I think this would lend itself beautifully to the concept of meditation. A place within a place. I want to incorporate a great deal of movement and dimension within my work. The idea of the bicycle wheel and paint resembles qualities of futurism (thank you, Jorge). I like the joining of the organic with machine. I feel they are not two but one. This Meat Beat Manifesto music video is a good example of the combination. I want mine a little more abstract in its space-- similar to the line drawing webbing in the middle of the video. I I also want to use many colors and shapes coming into focus and moving out. I really enjoyed the beginning of Zietgeist, especially when it shows the more cosmic images moving about. Be careful the very beginning of this video hurts my eyes and makes me want to vomit.

Ideas for the first video

1. I want to show a bicycle wheel in motion, that turns into paint while spinning. I have spoke lights on my wheel similar to those on this motorcycle: 2. What I want to mainly focus on in this class is more experimental, bringing my paintings to life. I want to make them living environments. I'm not sure exactly where to go with it quite yet, but these videos are along the same idea... 3. Another idea I have is to film a set for my meditations. It would include a chair, notebook, pen, glass of water, a metronome,a fan, a pinwheel, a paddleball... I want to show patterns in motion that help induce thought processes.

INTRO I have been making art since the age of three, and I have been meditating for almost just as long. Of course, I had no idea it was called meditation, until a few years ago. As a small child, I called it "going back" or "going inside". Midstream, in play, I would pause reality and voluntarily go to a place within my mind. I am going through this same process twenty years later, now with clear direction. I feel I get high off meditation. I want to be in that state all the time and I hate being sober. This is what I choose to make artwork about: the bliss of meditation and the struggles that surround it. I want to make my paintings come to life with video. I want to show patterns and events that grow and intensify-- and nothing ever happens (unless the viewer decides). Or maybe instead of showing the climax, jump to something anti-climatic. Anyway, I am very excited about this class; I am getting some wonderful feedback already from classmates and the professor. Cheers.