THE LIFE PROJECT BEGINS - Who am I. Who I can be. Who I wa

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Website : dreamink.in
Instagram : ashish_clickbug / thelifeprojectbegins

Direction, Cinematography, Editing : Ashish
Script : Saurabh
Additional Footage : Aditya, Anand , Abhishek , Kumaran , Bharat
Special Thanks : Saurabh, Anne, Monika

The Film / Project Background:

About a year back, I felt the excruciating need to take a break. It felt as if even the universe was hinting towards that. That conscious pause helped me to reflect on where I was headed and re-think where I really wanted to go.

I have never felt very comfortable expressing myself through what are known as the basic methods of human expression - writing, speaking or by being physically expressive etc. This led to me burying and eventually internalizing a lot of things I wanted to say or was feeling. It was happenstance that I stumbled upon photography / film-making and realized I could express without any limitations. The visual (stills or motion) medium gave me a buffer time wherein I could process things internally and express a bit later. In hindsight, I guess I felt way too much too soon, got overwhelmed and could not process the feelings fast enough to express them by speaking, writing etc.

Where it gets more interesting is that photography/visuals as a medium was probably a makeshift arrangement - not a permanent fix. I became overly dependent on the medium (visual expression) to experience life and realized that while incredibly powerful, the medium falls woefully short in capturing the entire spectrum of human experiences. I now understand and believe that feeling & processing (making meaning) are the primary elements in experiencing human life. The final expression is an important but secondary piece of the puzzle.

The pause helped me understand this. It helped me embrace my overly sensitive nature - something I was always aware of but afraid of embracing. Once I did, life opened up for me in its full glory. This realization gave birth to “The Life Project”.

Besides nature & my family who are the foremost sources of inspiration & growth for me, I have to mention Anne and Saurabh with utmost gratitude in helping me bring this project to light.

When “The life project” started forming in my head, I chanced upon a conversation with Anne about it. That casual conversation started like a small stream but transformed soon into a mighty river transforming my nascent thoughts into a fertile plain bubbling with ideas and imagination. Thanks Anne for connecting and sharing the enthusiasm & passion for life with me.

After the chat with Anne, the structure of what I wanted to do brewed in my head for a few months and I planned 2 travels / adventures with my son Shikhar to realize the vision. Unfortunately, the plans couldn’t materialize because of Covid-19. So at that time I started thinking of making a film of my journey, not out of need to express but because I could understand it clearly now and that truly meant “The life project” for me.

However, this clear understanding was only in my head, the film needed a structure / script before I could stitch visuals on it (I didn’t plan to shoot anything as I believed I had enough footage from the last 10 years to fit the journey). It was at this time Saurabh’s brilliance with words and our friendship of 24+ years came to rescue. I just shared everything with him - he anyway knew most of it. But like always he understood and added things which I didn't / couldn’t even tell him. He gave the words to my feelings / experiences / journey and here I am ☺

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