Brooklyn-based independent filmmakers and husband and wife team, Joél Mejia and Katy Walker, are close to completing a three year project that documents a mysterious phenomenon called synchronicity, first discovered by renowned psychotherapist, Carl Jung. Their documentary film, Time is Art, follows the journey of a writer trying to make sense of the recurring symbols and strange coincidences that she began experiencing after 9/11 and the death of a loved one.
The filmmakers did not set out to make another “new age” film, instead their film aims to merge science and spirituality, and to address the very real phenomenon of meaningful coincidences. What the filmmakers discovered is that around the world there is a growing ecosystem and culture inspired by synchronicity that is eager to make sense of a world ravaged by environmental destruction, corruption, inequality, and social unrest. Together with some of the leading voices in psychoanalysis, parapsychology, biology, and activism in art, the filmmakers explore a reality where time is transformed from a unit that can be measured and commodified, “Time is money”, to an experience of oneness with the natural rhythms of nature and the universe. It is here that the filmmakers discover that time is, in fact, art.
The filmmakers aspire to bridge the gap between the format of the cult classic film like Richard Linklater’s “Waking LIfe” and the documentary, “What the Bleep Do We Know”, by taking an unconventional approach that allows audiences to experience reality as Jennifer Palmer, a corporate IT specialist turned writer, begins to see it – one less concerned with linear storytelling, and more open to the cyclical patterns of nature, the hidden meanings of symbols, and the dreamlike overlapping of people, places, and moments. Visually captivating images of urban and natural landscapes, visionary art and street murals, excerpts of Jennifer’s writing, and compelling conversations with fellow seekers and mystics like Toko-Pa Turner, Richard Tarnas, Ph.D, Graham Hancock, biologist, Rupert Sheldrake, and visionary artists, Allyson & Alex Grey, guide us through the underlying premise of the film: perhaps we can tap into a way of being that is not ruled by a finite sense of time, but rather by the ability to live in harmony with the true creative nature of our existence.
Here’s more on their ambitious project. And take a look at the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v4OWWxHqFk
The merging of science and spirituality is all around us, if you have the eyes to see it. Learning to think with the heart. Not so easy to do, especially with all of the stuff happening right now in our world, but the only way for us to evolve.
This looks interesting and I think merging science and spirituality through art is a good intent for humans. This post is even a synchro nudge now that I’m finally getting back in balance with my writing and reading, and 9/11 does relate to my current WIP.
I got caught up in watching a “battle through Facebook” recently and the intent was to shine the light on pseudo-science which seems to also be shining the light on pseudo-spiritualists. We are living in exciting times.
I wish them every success! I’ve always thought the we enter a timeless state when we enter the creative “flow” state………..and I’ve always thought that my synchronicities reflect a definate poetic and artistic sensibility………..the universe, when it choses to talk to me, is definately an artist!
I totally agree about the universe as artistic!