imagination

In order to mimic a child's mark-making with authenticity, I invited my 5-year old cousin to draw whatever she would like. I gave her a pack of Crayola, a bulk of A5 paper and left her to her own devices. The film highlights her natural curiosity and eagerness when presented with a blank page. I documented this task I gave her, focusing on how serious she takes on the challenge, how concentrated she is, how ideas seem to just flood out of her. She puts her pen to the paper, without stopping to think or plan or contemplate. I overlaid the paintings I made to create a harmony of visuals. This represents her constant stream of imagination. The first scene presents the audience with the blank page and crayon, as if asking the viewer to also think about the task given to the child. I find that it is much more daunting to an adult to be confronted with this plain sheet, this void. One worries about placement, composition, balance and most importantly, what to draw and how exactly to draw it "well."

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