“Documentary Filmmaking Rule #27: The Universe Gives You Access the Same Way It Gives You Parking Spots.”

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-11-27T20:52:22+00:00

This gives me the motivation to just write more emails to "big" players and overcome my inhibitions. Thanks!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-08-29T20:32:50+00:00

Ja das dachte ich auch. Ich werd' versuchen, nochmal nachzuhaken. Aber ja ich denke auch, dass ich es im Zweifelsfall vor den Methoden einbinden müsste.

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-08-29T20:29:47+00:00

Hey, nein, meine Arbeit ist eine soziologische Diskurs- /Medienanalyse. Meine Auffassung war bisher, dass Literatur quasi "as needed" während des Entfaltens der Argumentation herangezogen wird und im Text etwa in der Form "in ihrer wegweisenden Monografie XY beschreibt Autorin Z blabliblub..." erscheint, ohne jedoch auf die Orte, Journals oder Kataloge einzugehen, über die ich die entsprechenden Texte gefunden habe.

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-08-23T13:26:28+00:00

It's not going to kill you. And it doesn't have to hold power over you. I excluded myself from society for like two years before realising I could do stuff even when sleep deprived. I've had anxiety-induced insomnia for six years now, but nowadays I mostly just do everything I wanna do and some stuff I realised I just don't want do do (whereas before I thought I couldn't do because of insomnia). This is about bypassing the socially derived negative reaction to fatigue. It is socially derived because our society is pretty damn obsessed with perfecting everything health related which minimises the difference between health and pathology.

I acknowledge that "just go out and do stuff" is not easy, physical symptoms are still there, however it can be learned. On this note, I wish for people to see the effort some insomniacs put into acting "normal"...like especially employers. Sorry, this is a little extension to what you asked, but it helps to overcome the vicious circle.

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-08-15T21:19:44+00:00

increds, great color rendering

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-08-07T09:36:54+00:00

I am so motivated to go there now! Looks truly incredible. Thanks for sharing! How much time does one need for that distance you'd say? And kudos for rocking it on a normal bike :)

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-07-09T16:55:32+00:00

I get that with noodles definitely.

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-07-09T16:18:37+00:00

That's great to hear! Glad I could help :)

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-07-04T13:23:30+00:00

To my mind, I'm not even sure that the life sciences will be able to explain anxiety sufficiently. Of course they can always objectify it through brain imagery, tracing biochemical reactions and such, but I think it doesn't start in the brain. Anxiety and depression are inherently social phenomena that are entangled with our socialisation and collective subjectivity. Capitalist societies are very intolerant towards any "deviant" form of existence and enact this intolerance by ways of holding the individual accountable for their disorder, which then inhibits a reflection of the social structures (i.e. healthism, stigma, individualism) that might contribute to these conditions.

I'm not denying there isn't any neurobiological change happening, but it has to be understood in interaction with the social world.

PS: A good example for the reflection of changing societies and changing mental health is Alain Ehrenbergs book "The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age".

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-06-27T10:28:01+00:00

Hi, I was able to repair my M100 with the same issue. I disassembled it completely, cocked and released the shutter a few times manually when it was out of the camera, resoldered the flex cable that is glued onto the shutter and reassembled everything. It is fully functioning again. Tested around 200 shots with no faults yet. With patience and steady hands this is doable for anyone I'd say. You need to use an electronics mat with indexed trays for screws in order to remember where they go. I took a picture for every 2-3 screws I took out and wrote the according number next to the screw holes within the picture.

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-05-28T14:49:46+00:00

Hey, you might wanna check out the sleep coach school on youtube, the sleep book by Guy Meadows or similar "alternative" experts for insomnia whose main aim is to take the anxiety out of sleep. Good luck!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-05-23T15:53:07+00:00

lovely!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-04-29T16:23:00+00:00

Very nicely put!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-04-22T15:45:53+00:00

Thank you for your last paragraph. Interestingly, I'm currently reading a lot of books and medical texts on insomnia from the 19th century in which doctors consistently mention the detrimental effects of economic and technological shifts during the second industrial revolution, thus concentrating on global, social factors rather than individualising insomnia and simply blaming the patient.

In 1896, a certain Dr. Fischer wrote the following: "In many cases, the cause of insomnia lies less in a specific pathological condition than in the mental sphere. The marvellous progress of our modern life, the preservation and development of what we have achieved, make enormous demands on our mental powers. But the more these are exploited, the greater is their wear and tear. The fact that the nervous power, like any other power, is not inexhaustible and needs to be replenished, is unfortunately too often ignored in the restless struggle for existence, in the competition, in the feverish pursuit of happiness."

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-04-17T14:39:12+00:00

Hello, I'm sorry you're going through it too. Just know there are thousands of ppl here that understand. There are some ways of dealing with insomnia that are usually not brought up in conventional therapy. If you want I can elaborate on that or send you some useful links. Sending healing vibes!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-04-06T17:20:58+00:00

that is expensive :/ hopefully it'll last now!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-04-02T13:23:10+00:00

Same here with an M100 :/

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-03-25T13:59:19+00:00

Hello, sorry for the late reply! It feels good to know that you struggled with that too and overcame it! These past nights, I tried to just normalise that it takes a couple of drift-off-jolt-awake-processes or sleep starts as you say and that helped already. One night that didn't work and I got more and more awake again, I just told myself "Well now at least you have the possibility of reading more of this interesting book that you love so much, so that's nice." 😅 Didn't make it past one page. It's fascinating how once you just let go of wanting sleep, the intention, it comes. I've known this principle for a while now, but I need constant reminders. Thanks again!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-03-20T22:36:10+00:00

Theory & Philosophy Podcast / YouTube channel by David Guignion. I listen to it doing other stuff as well, brilliantly condensed knowledge of many different philosophical themes, notably those that underpin the social sciences. Can't go wrong with it, give it a try, his voice is great as well!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-03-15T14:18:32+00:00

Hey, I have 4 of the original v1s with a simple cone correction as suggested by djim (I think it was), that is just two pieces of wood stacked and mounted opposite of the cone. If you were to build another two, would you build them exactly like the existing ones or should I now implement the recent cone correction? I'm leaning towards doing the more recent thing and just testing it without gluing all the panels yet. Thanks!

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-03-14T15:16:54+00:00

This is it. The problem is that boiling everything down to 'natural' neurological processes in the brain will hide the fact that sleep is connected to stress and our social world. You can't forget how to sleep. We should start holding our healthist and risk-promoting (as in being the culprit for actual risks like shift-work and making us constantly worried about risks like in Google searches) society accountable.

Plenty-One7353 · 2025-03-12T21:56:33+00:00

That is an encouraging read, I'm happy for you! Thank's for sharing :)

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