In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
So I observe life a little bit, rather than participating in it.
I do know that I have always been one of life's observers, always standing slightly on the outside, watching.
We take ourselves so seriously moment by moment, but India shows you a sense of eternity. You're one little ant on a hill. You're part of life, but you're not the whole thing.
In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.
To see yourself, and for others to see you, is a form of validation. I'm interested in that very mysterious and mystical way we relate to each other in the world.
The realms of life are many. For each one, special sciences develop. But life itself is a unity, and the more deeply the sciences try to penetrate into their separate realms, the more they withdraw themselves from the vision of the world as a living whole.
I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.
Living life as normally as possible gives you a richer well of experiences to draw from.
The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.