I and some classmates made this film for a high school project.
All animation was done by me, but I did not ink all of it, hence the jumpy contours The coloured dream still-picture dream sequence was not drawn by me either.
The narrator is speaking in Danish, so here's a rough translation of the Chinese poem this is based on:
"Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."
If Descartes had read Zhuang-tzu, he would have exclaimed: "I think, therefore I am ... but the product of a dream."
suedonym0 1 year ago
"Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."
---Zhuang-tzu
TheMercilessEye 1 year ago
uuuhm....good video :)
josewegsonty1998 2 years ago