Epilogue: Springboard to freedom

New Cycle: Springboard to Freedom

Entering the program I hoped to get a 'Deus ex machina' moment, wherein everything will fall into place. The dots will connect and the way forward will be easy. I progressed over the past two years, I rediscovered my intention and subjectivity. The necessary working conditions and my methodology were never so clear to me. During these two years, I got the liberty to explore and experiment what is "just" for me: in, through and out of the cinema. Yet, I have many questions, doubts and especially a lot of 'fun' work ahead of me.

Schopenhauer’s allegory of the way humans perceive the world is a recurring analogy I work with. According to him, the world is just like an embroidered tablecloth. When we are in our twenties, we can see only the magical beauty of the upper part of the cloth. As we get to forty, we finally notice the other side. The construction layers of threads tangled tightly to create the illusion of the upper side. The backside is perhaps less perfect but much more interesting, and dare I say even more magnificent. Though many dots got connected during the Master program, there are still plenty of dots yet to embroider on the tablecloth of my life. I embrace the pain and pleasure hidden on the bottom side.

Though this is the end, it feels more like a new beginning.