DEPTH PERCEPTION

I found this video on Vimeo and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more perfect synchronization in the cut and paste culture. Both Bukowski’s poem and Burial’s track are deep on their own, but together, they sink down through the layers of skin and bone and pour into the hidden well we keep buried beneath the tectonic plates of persona, washing away the memories and emotions tossed down into the darkness like wishes.

The new mash-up culture should try to be more than just about being clever. When the context is stripped away and then reformed, like solid planets built of liquid stars, the implication is that our individual creative bursts are not solitary ripples in the vast space of existence, but instead, each creative act is a reference point for the other, creating a fabric that only becomes more rich as we adapt new forms of technology to tell our tales.

Ultimately, we will begin to see that all creativity pulses from the same subtle current. The revelations of unlikely sources reveal that the labels of distinction we use to create distance are the illusions of our imagination. If viewed carefully enough, there is but one creative act.

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