Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly - 2006

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."

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• Cartoon
• Toon
• Animation

[suedonym0]

If Descartes had read Zhuang-tzu, he would have exclaimed: "I think, therefore I am ... but the product of a dream."

[TheMercilessEye]

"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

[josewegsonty1998]

uuuhm....good video :)