No. 6 - Heaven
PITCHFORK CUTTHROAT WITCH HUNT GUNSMOKE Link to Video: https://vimeo.com/1172426842 PITCHFORK is a reflection on our connected world, and how it simultaneously holds the key to understanding one's self, and the way by which the individual is crushed. It shows this through it's three acts - The form of the Buddha, the intersection of architectures, and the collision of street art. The Buddha photographed is the Kotoku-in in Kamakura, Japan. I often meditate on this specific depiction before I fight, often alongside the imagery and sensations of water - That calms and focuses me. Buddha and jellyfish (the most water-like of animals) are not ideas native to my hometown of Chicago, and they are only known to me through the interconnectedness of the modern era. I am one of the first people of my lineage to observe Buddha and jellyfish up close, photograph and video them, not to mention meditate on their image. Through the advantages of this era, I am able to seek enlighte...
