A short paragraph from the laboratory

I found myself in a peculiar place where I questioned the very foundations of my belief in the art of film. This was not an ideal situation, especially since I had started working in a new way. I had felt that the essay film form was an oasis of possibilities, and I wanted to see how it related to my idea of ‘‘film as thinking,’’ which is also the title of my doctoral project in artistic research. The critical spirit of essayism had got me in its hold before I had come very far, or was this merely a phase common to any kind of creative process, or maybe just the consequence of having time to doubt? I do not know really, but I think I came out on the other side*at least for a moment anyway. (Published: 19 March 2013) Citation: Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, Vol. 5 , 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jac.v5i0.20625