(#026) Clarity comes with motion

This week, my habit of documenting life in sweet, short posts got a little out of hand.

Yesterday, May 31st, after several days of introspection and research, I found myself at my desk — working, creating, thinking, reading, journaling, and watching inspirational videos — when I had a moment of clarity.

As part of my commitment to documenting life, I decided to go all in to capture the moment. I pulled out my FX3 camera, the G-Master lenses, the lights, the stands, the super clamp — the whole shebang.

I bit off a task far bigger than I could chew.

Scripting and shooting took about two hours — totally within the time I’d planned to dedicate to this weekly ritual.

But then came the editing.

My FX3 was set to record in 4:2:2 chroma subsampling at 10-bit depth. In plain English: 32 gigabytes of footage… for just five minutes of video material (after trimming).

That much data exerts serious strain on an ordinary laptop like mine. Even nudging a clip on the timeline sent the fans howling.

I spent all of Saturday afternoon and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. editing — with the sole exception of bathroom breaks.

Yes, I learned a lot. Including this: never do it this way again.

The result is what you see here.

Originally, this was supposed to feature a scripted voiceover. But life doesn’t wait. And if there's one thing I’ve learned in the past couple of years — in business as well as life — it’s this:

Accepting imperfection in order to move forward is almost always the better choice.

The video will feel slow. Hypnotically slow. Personally, I like it that way — it’s meditative, much like my state of mind yesterday. But I understand it’s no attention-grabber.

Finally, since there’s no dialogue or voiceover, you might be left wondering what the point is.

I guess the final scene ought to do it.

L.F