THE WATER OF LIFE
This interview is part of a larger project which aims to investigate our quest for philosophical insight, with film director Arin Boyalikli.
But what is the Water of Life?
Anyone who drinks from this water gains a sense of purpose, a strong feeling of inspiration and deep fulfilment. The water eases away all pain.
Can we find the Water of Life today?
When we throw ourselves into fresh exciting and creative projects, careers, work, and inspired new ideas - we are drinking from this well. But once we find it, we have to protect it, and then there can be trouble. We have to build an infrastructure around our muse: the musician becomes an accountant, the therapist a marketeer, the teacher a champion of health and safety applications, the eco-warrior transforms into a fundraiser, a cook becomes a PR manager. Once we build these infrastructures to protect our original inspiration, what happens to the Water of Life? Can it dry up?
Are we happy to carry on working within the infrastructure that we have to create to keep our dreams alive? There comes a time, when you need to go and seek for the Water of Life again, when change comes knocking. If we stay rigid, do we not risk turning into stone and sleeping forever in the enchanted castle? Old fairy tales tell us that we have to seek the Water of Life when our viewpoints and perspectives no longer support or give us any meaning - when our inner King/Queen has become ill.
This story starts with a dying King.
There were questions echoing in the forest that day, questions on why myths are important and the need for fairytales. It will be years before the documentary will reveal its face, here is a snippet.
Storyteller, drum and flute: Andreas Kornevall
Director: Arin Boyalikli
Cinematographer: Yael Hamui