final edit: “up, up, and away” – full movie

i’ve just completed the final edit of my feature-length video, “up, up, and away.” this project has been in the planning stages since 2011, and i’ve been actively working on it for most of the past year. i’m really excited about the results. the film captures the various emotional states that accompanied a manic episode […]

up, up, and away #16: "a great fall"

the final sequence is titled “the return,” which closes the loop with the depression that started the cycle. it is at once the same and new: a more complex depression that includes the loss of what had at first looked like an escape earned by years of suffering. like passing seasons, moving forward standing still… […]

up, up, and away #13: "crucifixion is easy"

the second video of three in the “restraints” sequence features scenes from the tenant, the hunchback of notre dame, and dancer in the dark. the christ-like love and connection that marks the peak of a florid manic episode suddenly slopes downward toward destruction and loss, spiraling toward the end which nailed to a cross.