Self Arrest is a therapeutic remedy in times of terror. “I arrest myself because no one else would ever do me the same injustice.”
Written by Sanjiban
Cast and camera – Sanjiban
Music – John Sellew
Editor – Springwater Johnny
Copyright © 2011, Sanjiban Sellew / Sanjiban Films. All rights reserved.
Magnificent film.
“It is when your spirit goes wandering upon
the wind,
That you, alone and unguarded, commit
a wrong unto others and therefore unto
yourself.”
“Oftentimes I have heard you speak of one
who commits a wrong as though he were
not one of you, but a stranger unto you and
an intruder upon your world.
But I say that even as the holy and the
righteous cannot rise beyond the highest
which is each one of you,
So the wicked and the weak cannot fall
lower than the lowest which is in you also.
And as a single leaf turns not yellow but
with the silent knowledge of the whole tree,
So the wrong-doer cannot do wrong
without the hidden will of you all.
Like a procession you walk together to-
wards your god-self.
You re the way and the wayfarers.”
-from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
I sit by all these open windows, so that the whole world might see me hiding, and judge me when I’m finished.
Sanjiban, thank you. This short film inspires me to move free!