Vlog of Mattie

Mattie (or Mat, or Matt) is a formidable vlogger; his videos speak in unforgettable images of his passion for some great movie makers.

Here are some thoughts Mattie has put on the frontispiece of his youTube channel. Three short meditations leading to the conclusion. Each one calls remotely in mind some organization of a haiku while it has the apparent weirdness of a koan. I recognize in them the philosophical approach expressed by the movies of Ozu: it is the void that gives sense to our immanent.

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel,


But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends.

We turn clay to make a vessel,


But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends.

We pierce doors and windows to make a house,


And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends.

Therefore just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not.

(Blogosphere)

• A Black Country Sonata
• The Dream of Matt
• Mono No Aware
• Ghosts, by Matt
• The Early Spring of Mattie
• Vlog of Mattie: Homage to Josef Sudek
• A Homage to Humphrey Jennings
• A Love Letter to Ozu
• Winter Dreams
• Dance of Snow
• Spring in a Small Town
• Vlog of Mattie: Contemplating A Brief Encounter
• Spring Time Memories
• Days of Not Being Wild
• The Way a Haiku Began In a Parisian Bookstore
  
• Black Country Cinema
• Life, ay it a game!
  

(Filmofilia)