MONO: Behind the Film.

Mono is a film born from the awareness of a lesson repeating itself. Desire.

Experiences in my life had often led to putting significant others on a 'pedestal', casting an image onto someone. We all do this, create assumptions for people. Seeing them for what we think they are, not what they actually are.

The situations all had the same outcome, you're attracted to the idea of someone, pursue connection, and are greeted with hesitant commitment and intermittent real emotion. It's these small doses of emotional connection that keep you hooked and hoping. When in reality, your just blinded by desire.

It is hard to see someone for who they truly are, it requires honesty, not just to others, but yourself. It requires self-awareness and discipline to apply lessons you've learnt from the past to current situations; that are often clouding your thoughts with emotion. And I guess this was me learning.

I realized a pattern in my behavior and as simple as it sounds, I started saying no.

This was where Mono came about. An expression of my experiences with desire.

It is attractive, enticing, easy to let it guide your thoughts and actions and often feels like your going with the flow. But like a riptide, its only going to bring you more problems.

"Desire can do strange things to a person, shape you into something you never thought you'd be. Something equally horrific yet beautiful as you cage yourself into your own mind. The hardest part is that you see it coming the whole time. Self-inflicted pain if you will.   

And it’s easy to do. It’s human to desire. But the hard part is understanding when it’s enough. Understanding that maybe there will always be a missing piece. Right in front of you, yet just out of reach. "

MONO.2024

WATCH HERE: Mono