Shadow & Substance: 16 ½ minutes
In "Shadow & Substance," cloth and a total eclipse of the sun are metaphors that suggest the intersection of the spiritual and physical worlds and the moods, emotions, and colorations that these intersections can evoke. Shot on location in India, Nepal, and Houston, "Shadow & Substance" is an interpretation of Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions and an exploration of the resonance between music, poetry, and images. The images and sounds, estranged from traditional narrative values of television, align more significantly with Percy Shelley's idea that "poetry is an activity of which a poem is but one of many possible products."

"I am interested in contemporary, unintentional expression of ancient tradition and how these links to the past are expressed. Even though we are firmly installed within the boundaries of our own culture, we are also connected to a universal mind."