The Test of Time
To be aesthetically insecure is more important than perhaps anything else.
(Stan Brakhage, The Test of Time, ep. 12)
http://www.ubu.com/sound/brakhage.html
Devotional Cinema
Devotion is not an idea or a sentiment. It is born out of the vastness and depth of our view. Out of darkness, behind all light, this vastness abides in nowness. It reveals our world. It is accurate and humbling and yet, for all its pervasiveness, it is not solid.
That the ineffable quality of vision can be expressed by projected light within darkness gives film great power. When a film is fully manifest it may serve as a corrective mirror that realigns our psyches and opens us to appreciation and humility. The more we are open to ourselves and are willing to touch the depths of our own being, the more we are participating in devotion. Similarly, the more film expresses itself in a manner intrinsic to its own true nature, the more it can reveal for us.
(Nathaniel Dorsky, Devotional Cinema, p. 48)
Tarkovksy on Art
Pt. 1
The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect,
as man wouldn’t look for harmony but would simply live in it.
Pt. 2