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My Dinner with Andre Royo, Part III: From Nothing to Something
What does it mean to start at the very beginning? For that matter, what does the concept of “beginning” mean? And how exactly does a beginner “begin”? These are the questions I now began to contemplate as my understanding of things was shattered by the concept of “beginner’s mind”…
My Dinner with Andre Royo, Part II: “Beginner’s Mind”
At the start of a project I’m usually fresh and energetic, and approach the edit as if it were a blank slate. I’m eager to look carefully at all the footage, objective in my assessment of its strengths and weaknesses, open to ideas and connections as they arise, and excited to think about possible themes and storylines. Beyond that, there’s the simple joy of discovering a whole new world I don’t usually know much about, and finding, in the mass of material that passes before my eyes, images which can be beautiful and poetic, meaningful and thought-provoking, when juxtaposed with one another in creative and interesting ways…
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