In loving memory of our friend Priyali Dey.
Here it is. Another video. For no good reason. Actually, there is one, but like I just said, it's no good one. I recently happened to have 1000 subscribers on RU-vid, after being for almost 8 years on this platform. But, is the romanticism justified, considering a year and a half ago I had only 300 subscribers? This is also my 30th video and last 25 videos were made in the last one and half year only. So, if you recognize a pattern here, you will agree with my question, what's the big deal? That is how you grow in this platform. This is perfectly normal. But, what is actually overwhelming is the realization that although I have been working alone (Man With A Digital Camera ;)) a lot of people have directly been involved or have helped me to accomplish these small wonders, more than 50 if I recall well, and if you include people who have helped me indirectly then the number will be a centurion. You may also say that it's uncountable because the counting is not over yet. So this one realization led to another realization. I always used to say that I am in a business of buying and selling gestures with a currency unknown. Today I officially announce that currency to be 'Goodwill'. I don't even remember who all I need to thank, but to be on the safe side let's just say, thank you all ;)
This video is made from recycled materials, a recycled poem that I wrote years ago for a very different thing in mind, and clips from some of my finished and unfinished works (mostly unfinished). Because of repurposed materials, I'd like to take a moment (as if I have not taken already) to explain one small thing. The poem is written in the first person, but the 'I' is envisioned to be a collective 'I', different bodies, one soul. They have their footsteps in the past and echoes in the future, and their 'present' is what you see here, what you feel here. Their presence in nature where they exist by accident, and the artificiality they create by choice.
Music Track: Cherry Blossom (goo.gl/ES2gdt)
By Bashō ( / bash-5 )
11 мар 2018
