the fog refused to lift, as did he. sipping tea he decided impulsively to make a thousand films. they would be about the world around him, with no aim at ever showing them to anyone. he simply determined he had to accomplish this.

without a script or any help he braved the murky weather and began to film anything that caught his eye. his first film was about the installation of a street light near his house. everywhere he went he did this. people whom he would have otherwise thought unfriendly became suddenly cooperative when faced with the prospect of being in his film.

this went on for many years until he remembered what his initial aim had been. when he counted up all the five minute, two hour, and four hour films he had created he realized he had come nowhere near his goal.

[10/20/03]