I made a new Handstand Reel

thoughts behind the scene

i made a new handstand reel.
18s that took me almost 1h to make.
i do enjoy the process of making reels and capturing the joy that i feel in those moments. learning little editing skills one reel at a time.
it feels quite empowering to realise an idea from my head and see how it really works out.
i was imagining how the title in the beginning would move from right to left following me.
i was listening to the same music while working out as used in the video.

creating these little movement reels feel like innocent joy sharing.

content creator vs artist

there are so many more stories i want to tell.

the story behind my handstand journey is far bigger than what can be captured in some reels.

while i really do appreciate the medium of moving visuals for storytelling, i always feel like the added dimension of visual is distracting from a bigger story that can be conveyed by words only.

like a book vs. a movie: books explore depth, movies explore scope.

i often think about the difference between a content creator and an artist in the context of our time.

content creator has a mechanical taste to me.

the purpose: creating digital content. distributed by an algorithm. that has a specific format and layout dictated by a given platform. made for fast consumption. 3s to convince your audience to stay. even if you make slow, conscious content, your audience is greeted by noise when they enter the platform.

the content is the purpose.

there is little room to breathe.

it’s difficult to create without numbers in your mind. without constantly thinking about how it will be perceived.

it’s difficult to stay focused on your unique voice and story, when the platform is constantly influencing you with trends and metrics.

as an artist, i want to create work that is meaningful and authentic to me. i want to explore ideas and emotions in depth and share into the void without a constant feedback loop.

i played violin for 9 years and i remember practising for hours on end, without a camera recording my progress or internet friends commenting my every move.

the focus was 100% on the craft itself and my inner growth.

i want to reinvent the way i share my journey & art and how i want to create online & offline.

i wrote in the beginning that visual storytelling might remove depth, but i realise that i want to explore this more in the future.

anyways, it is an interesting journey and i want to spend more time on longer storytelling formats with depth.

without getting to serious and still having fun, of course :)