hey hey…

i am
still here/still hear
still…
welcome to goofing around (+links) on the word still-ness
a word that moves from
calm + quiet – without sound + motion
to
exasperation + frustration at the lack of motion + change
to
a state of continuous action
to
a snapped moment / an image…

when is it an adjective/noun/adverb/verb?
still playing / still standing / still life
still waters run deep / in the still of the night
hold still / better still
be still / be still my beating heart
time stood still…

what moves you?
which still-ness sets you in motion?

still still
motion-less…
stop motion… animation… capture stillness + small shift = generate movement

be still to still be
still moving
xo
rosa

The Hometown by Bettina Matzkuhn provided by NFB

One Long Bone by Slina Frich

Nunavut Animation Lab Qalupalik by Ame Papatsie provided by NFB

Nata desta vida by Cláudia Gomes + Ricardo Soares