Michael Shlain

Film Director. Lover. Pirate.

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Let me know how it affected you and your interpretations of its dreamlike riddles.

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For those feeling increasingly disconnected, invisible, and searching for meaning in a darkening world—we made a short film for you.

REFLECTION OF A DEADMAN is now a Daily Pick on @FilmShortage

Shot in the streets and catacombs of Paris.

Link to film in comments.

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"G-d exists in a superposition of existence and non-existence.” Human history would suggest this is self-evident. Whichever you choose to believe, you will find evidence. https://t.co/xGGU6hsZmt

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In the last few years people started saying "so and so is now 'a thing'" As if to say a new quantum of experience, has now popped into existence, collective consciousness, or both.

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If particles are "quantums" or packets of a wave-- then are words, thoughts, things (or "thinks" as Alan Watts would say) quantums of consciousness?

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Current musing: Quantum Mechanics is as much the study of the mechanics of perception as it is the physical world.

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In Kabbalah, the two pillars of the Tree of Life are Judgement ("Gevurah") and Mercy ("Chesed") which meet at Yesod: the place of relationship, union. No one likes being judged, but to enter into relationship means, perforce, to subject oneself to judgement by the other.

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Currently reading "Quantum Physics for Poets." Contemplating the connections between Quantum Theory, Kabbalah, Language and Perception.

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Resurrecting this account. Going forward, this will be a sketchbook for ideas and connections I am playing with. And (hoo boy hope I don't regret this...), I'm inviting thoughtful and courteous peer review.

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Excited to share that REFLECTION OF A DEADMAN will have its UK Premiere at the Nightpiece Film Festival (@nightpiece) at the Edinburgh Fringe (@edfringe) on Thursday August 22! (Details in comments below.)

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Excited to share that my short film REFLECTION OF A DEADMAN will Premiere at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival at NecronomiCon Providence on August 16th! (Screening details in comments)

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Reflection Of A Deadman Dir: Michael Shlain

Screens on Thursday 22nd Aug in Shorts Programme 3
#edfringe2024

https://t.co/SfE9904fjs

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For Halloween, I up and wrote an article about #clowns...
Thank you to @shotscreative for going down this very deep and weird rabbit hole with me.
https://t.co/pynrzPGNnQ

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I am thrilled to share that In a Foreign Town has been profiled in @FANGORIA. Thank you to @anandypaul for your thoughtful piece on #ThomasLigotti and the relevance of his writing in today's harrowing, upside-down world.

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Notoriously reclusive horror legend Thomas Ligotti chats with @AnAndyPaul about life, death, dark jazz, hurricanes, and more
https://t.co/ebhcelnMvr

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Notoriously reclusive horror legend Thomas Ligotti chats with @AnAndyPaul about life, death, dark jazz, hurricanes, and more
https://t.co/ebhcelnMvr

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Question of the day. Do you want This? Or That?

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