The Path is the Journey

The Path is the Journey, video, 2009

Shot during a residency in Copenhagen, this video meditates on what is local and what it means to pay attention to place.  An 11 year old boy leaves home, wondering about his place in the world.  He finds bright yellow plums growing on the edge of his neighborhood and decides to pick them.  Returning home alone, he makes jam out of them, and when he is done he leave home to begin again.  Without dialogue, the video has two voiceovers by the boy and two by his mother; the texts are from Kierkegaard, the Danish existential philosopher who lived his whole life in Copenhagen.  It poses the question of how far outside your own backyard you must go to find truth.