1. Early on in the film there is a series of slow motion scenes at temples and sacred sites around the world. The religious rituals are complex and dramatic. What does this have to do with the visual arts and its relation to nature?
• I think when the film slowed down when showing temples and sacred sites it wanted to show some type of respect. where as if they showed it at a faster pace i would relate it to something loud. When usually you are quite and slow when at a temple or sacred site. Taking it all in.
I also think the relation to the visual arts and nature kind of reflects off one another. Sometimes nature can act as an inspiration.
2. Fast motion street scenes seem dehumanizing since individual people are lost within the larger patterns of car and pedestrian movement. Suppose, though, that religious rituals were filmed in fast motion; they’d appear the same way. What’s the difference?
• I think if you were to speed up a religious ritual it would take away that personal experiance from being involved in the actual ritual. You might miss something. It is a bit more personal where as individual people being lost within a fast motion street scene wouldnt be a major effect. You still get a sense of how the world is moving and what is happening even though its at a much faster pace and individuals are blurred.
3. The movie has recurring images of ritual body art: stretched ear lobes, tattoos, face paintings, head dresses. What’s the message?
• Every culture has different standards on what is Beauty. What is acceptable. What is normal.
