“Shooting videos with lots of effects is like shooting a bunch of puzzle pieces.” Quote by Hiro Murai
“People have a natural tendency to read emotions out of faces, so when you see a face that is hyperreal but without the life behind the eyes, it's really off-putting and intriguing.” PeopleEyeFacesNaturalEmotionBehindsTendenciesIntriguing Author:Hiro Murai
“I love museums, but I always thought there was something funny about a group of strangers silently staring at works of inanimate objects together. Each person is having a very personal and maybe even emotional experience, but it's in the confines of an extremely quiet and sterile room.” PersonsTogetherRoomsGroupsObjectsEmotionalQuietStrangerStaringMuseumsInanimate Objects Author:Hiro Murai
“I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing.” PeopleIdeasFacesReadingFascinated Author:Hiro Murai
“With the first kid, you micromanage it, making sure there's no hair out of place when it goes off to school. But by the third kid, it's more like, "Oh, you want to wear a splatter-painted, Hard Rock Café T-shirt for seven days in a row and not brush your hair? Go for it. Be who you want to be."” WantFirstsHardKidsSchoolRocksHairThirdsSevenShirtsBrushesT ShirtSeven DaysHard Rock Author:Annie E. Clark
“I'd listen to things that felt really good in the moment and realize they were clouded by enthusiasm or caffeine. And things that I was struggling to get out ended up being really compelling. It's an emotional roller coaster; there's exhilaration and there's shame.” MomentsFeltRealizingStruggleEmotionalShameEnthusiasmBeing RealCompellingCaffeineRoller CoasterCoastersCloudedExhilaration Author:Annie E. Clark
“Putting your ego aside and confronting your weaknesses and just letting things happen is hard. Not to use a Scientology term, but it's difficult to do an emotional or an artistic audit.” HardUseHappensDifficultTermEmotionalEgoWeaknessThings HappenArtisticConfrontingScientologyLetting Things Happen Author:Annie E. Clark
“The most important thing is setting up these directives for yourself. Like, "I'm only going to use these three colors - go!" That's why Einstein wore the same thing every day; you don't want to have to reinvent the wheel every morning.” WantImportantUseThreeMorningColorImportant ThingsSettingSettingsWheelsEvery Morning Author:Annie E. Clark
“There's always something extremely personal in the songs, but I may change the point of view from what I actually experienced.” MaySongViewsPoint Of View Author:Annie E. Clark
“I got offstage and was just looking at my hands, and they were shaking. I was like, 'I wanna kill someone! What's happening?'” HandsHappeningsShaking Author:Annie E. Clark
“I know that, physically, I'm a very demure-looking person. But I certainly have as much aggression or anger as the next person, and that's got to come out somehow. I'm lucky that I get to play music, and that it's not going to come out in some totally destructive way.” KnowsWayPersonsPlayNextLuckyDestructiveAggressionDemure Author:Annie E. Clark