The Bead

I sat there on the first day of class, ready for Beth to pass out the egg that will surely have all the noobs confused. I had it all figured out what I was going to do with my egg the day I signed up for classes. Then she pulled out a Shamalayan-esque twist and handed us all BEADS instead of the usual egg because she thought people were catching on to the egg thing. Damn it.

This had me for a loop for several days as I pondered several video ideas to do with my Bead. I knew it had to be a video idea because I want this class to really let me explore just what I can do with my talents.

In a stroke of either brilliance or coincidence, I happened upon Thomas Lewis who was talking about his electronic microscope that he had in his office. He described to me what it could do and it opened up so many possibilities. He let me borrow the Dino Scope from him and after a long and busy weekend I set out to accomplish my vision.

I wanted to see what the Bead saw. I wanted to see everything through it's eye but obviously I couldn't because the human eye can only go so far. The Dino Scope let me capture the Bead's perspective and I was able to see straight through it. It's sort of paradoxical that you are able to see straight through the Bead yet what you are seeing is not very straight forward.

Everything is zoomed in at microscopic HD quality and it turns the most common objects into very perplex and amazing patterns. It gives a sense that you are the Bead and this is what it sees. I placed the Bead atop of many objects including tables, chairs, rugs, blankets, shirts, fruit, pop tarts, remotes and even beards. That's not even half of what I placed the Bead on. In the end I chose the ones that looked the clearest on video so it could demonstrate my point further.

I thrive on attempting to see what other people see and view the world as others do. It's important to know that not only people have a certain perspective on things, but so does the ground you stand on, the keyboard you type on or the steering wheel you turn. It's weird to think about but all those things view the world around them in a very unique way. Even though you could study the mental perspectives of certain people and the physics of certain objects, no amount of psychology could have you gazing upon the microscopic wonders of a kitchen table or a bottle cap.