According to the article “Coming into Focus” by James
Broughton, for many filmmakers the creation of films is not just the making of
a moving picture – it is also poetry. Broughton is one such filmmaker, who
views what he does and creates as “poetry and love and religion and my duty to
the Lords of Creation.” To him, cinema has the ability to elicit a change on
the viewer’s soul, his included.
While his writing is lyrical and heartfelt, I find that the
way he goes about attempting to express himself is unclear and scattered, and
sometimes veers off the topic of cinema he’s supposed to be writing about. I
do, however, agree with his ideology that, with there being so many aspects of
our lives that we have no control over, the things we enjoy give us the ability
to endure the moments in between.
The article “metaphors on vision” by Stan Brakhage,
challenges the entire concept of the societal influence on what we, as humans,
see. He questions how we would perceive the world had we not been told how to
define what we are seeing, and just how much of life we are missing by casually
labeling things as we are taught to, then brushing them off. With this we lose
our ability to question, to think, and to imagine, thereby missing out on much
life has to offer.
Brakhage’s writing brings attention to concepts I have never
thought of, lending credit to his theory that as we are told how to perceive
things, we lose the ability to see them as they truly are. His article is
thought-provoking and profound, as he explains that some artists have retained
and nurtured their ability to see the world as it actually is, and how some
translate it into cinematic masterpieces.
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