Centering slow living, intentional use of time, time affluence, a push against a culture of doing, mass productivity, and constant need for goal attainment, approval and accolades. Humans are of the same stuff as nature. Nature does not rush. Nature does not force things. Nature is more intersted in being. Simply existing. This is a love letter and a battle cry to returning to our pure essence, where love, generosity, joy and connection are the true markers of success.
Mundane Oddities of Living Mindfulness happens when you learn to take comfort in the wait. In those moments of life when it seems as if nothing is happening, change is actually occurring. To have patience and to take pleasure in the mundane - the daily acts of domesticity - is a gift. This series is an homage to the poet Rilke and inspired by the art house film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. It is a celebration of the ordinary acts of living and an autobiography of sorts, of the filmmaker's journey to mindfulness from experiences with depression and anxiety (see my YouTube channel for more videos in this series and the "mindfulness" page for more resources on mental health and wellness).
Eros - a love letter to East Garfield Park
Equinox - Experimental video with footage shot at Tassajara San Francisco Zen Center.
Movement Studio - sound, light, body
Beautiful Decay - An ode to paying off a car loan.
3/8th of an Inch An excerpt from the feature-length documentary. The filmmaker interviews her grandmother about her life accomplishments.
Somerville Boxing Club - A short doc, profile of an after school instructional boxing program for underserved youth at the Somerville Boxing Club in Somerville, MA. (Best Documentary and Best Graduate Project, Emerson College 2007)
Reverie - a short doc that reflects on memory and the mother-daughter relationship and delves into the realm of the existential.
Making Strides - a short doc, profile of a breast cancer survivor during an Avon charity walk with her daughter along the Charles river in Boston, MA. (Nominated Best Documentary, Emerson College 2007)
Pandora - Experimental film shot on 16mm in a butterfly conservatory in New England.
Daily Bread - An observational film of the geese inhabiting a bridge under the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts.