great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

I do agree with Mamasiray and Terell when they say that the common theme is nihilism but I do think the video breath shows a little bit of existentialism. The sound of the person taking a breath with the imagery of a cluttered dark room gives me the impression that though like can be a struggle, we still makes the best of what is given to us. The sound of the struggling breath makes me feel like through the chaos of the cluttered and disorganized room, the person is still trying to make it, no matter how hard that breath is. In comparison to the poem, though I feel the poem is mainly nihilistic, there is still a glimmer of hopefulness when the authors says, “A swan of former times remember its the one.”(515) At this part, the swan remembers the good times and realizes that not all of its life was bad, in hindsight, making the best of the situation. (Stacey)