Meditative Story Cherishing every moment in time, by Louie Schwartzberg
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Oct 21, 2025 Louie Schwartzberg, an award-winning cinematographer renowned for his time-lapse and high-speed photography, shares profound insights about time and mindfulness. He reflects on how his childhood shaped his perception of time, influenced by his mother’s resilience. Louie discusses his shift to unstructured living in Elk which changed his understanding of present moments. He reveals how his inventions in time-lapse photography unveil hidden natural rhythms, arguing that human perception of time is limited. The conversation culminates in a guided exercise to appreciate fleeting moments.
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Student Film Sparked A New Vision
- Louie screened an experimental student film mixing playground scenes with nature and compressed months of sunsets into a minute.
- His professor criticized the lack of conflict, but the film sparked his desire to explore nontraditional storytelling.
Unstructured Nature Makes Time Spacious
- Immersive, unstructured moments in nature expand perceived time and make each moment feel fuller.
- Observing without preconceived notions slows subjective time and deepens presence.
Time-Lapse Shows Unity Of Natural Processes
- Time-lapse revealed connections between processes at different speeds, like fog and ocean waves obeying the same physics.
- Louie realized human time perception is narrow and every creature experiences its own temporal scale.