I might be wrong in saying this, but I believe this was shot whilst on my way to my new job —on one of my first days there. After my previous job had imploded in highly disappointing jiggers of corporate and dastardly shenanigans.
It was a discombobulating time.
Which is probably why there is less deep thinking with this video.
And why I have lots of questions.
And too much of a focus on leaves.
This video is more about composition and analysing how you build a story, rather than the story itself.
But it does give away a few major elements of the plot.
I mean, people have to know there’s a cat.
Funnily enough (you’ll have to tell me if that’s true or not) but I started out with a cat long before it became an internet trend. That’s true of most things with TEOWAD, however. I began writing what I wanted to write, and continued. Which might be seen as self-indulgent, but hopefully if it is, people can see I’ve spent time trying to make it less so. A truly self-indulgent book for me would probably have no full stops, and would come to an end somewhere in the middle.
Explanation
So, this video again is more surface value, but… as usual, I do try to go for poignant. I do hope people don’t see that as artsy for art’s sake. I often tend to feel and think on many philosophical lines —probably (in part) due to my namesake.
Here you see me trying to piece together a video with starts, middles and ends. The middle is empty, the start is stable and the end is unexpected yet predictable (based on surrounding context). Writing seems to be so much about collecting things as you go, so a bundle of leaves that you suddenly drop on the unsuspecting reader seemed appropriate.
Did you notice my attempt at doing a dolly zoom without the dolly, or the expensive camera? I was quite proud of that one, even if it is pretty lame. One day perhaps I’ll be able to do the real thing.
Oh, and my over-arching message —as many people have said: the journey is important. It does matter how you get there, probably way more than you’ll ever know.
