Our professor had to be out of town for a few days for her first residency for her second Master’s degree. So, she set us up to have an optional class to watch What the Bleep Do We Know?! (the extended edition). I’d seen the movie quite some time ago, but it had been a while. However, I did remember a lot of the scenes.
I’m glad I came in to watch it though. Basically, it tells the viewer that we create our reality. We control our present, and rules can be broken. The movie ties so well into the theme of the class, and I highly recommend everyone watch it. It can be a bit confusing, but at some point it clicks, and it becomes an enjoyable experience.
My favorite scene is where the little kid in the basketball court (where the possibilities are endless) challenges Amanda to play. In it, the kid tells us something I’ve been told before. We are mainly empty. When we think of our physical selves as mostly empty, more things become possible. Also in that scene, it discusses the idea that, when we aren’t looking, the possibilities are endless, but then when we look, one possibility is chosen. That’s something I constantly think about, and I believe that this idea is what fuels a lot of animated movies. Think Toy Story. When Andy isn’t looking, the toys come alive and move about. When he is, he expects them to be in a certain place and in a certain state of being, so that’s the possibility that is chosen.
Limitless thinking can open doors to creativity, so we must consider the possibilities, no matter how seemingly impossible they are. We are the ones who hold ourselves back.
Here’s the scene (sorry about the quality):
Tilting Sideways 