Embrace It
Format: Digital Stills and Video
Running Time: 6 min 40 sec
February 2007

Embrace It is a cinematic meditation about what we can accept and believe.

EMBRACE IT is part of the “Spirit Series” –- a collection of experimental poetic documentaries inspired by Buddhist Vipassana meditation practices, the dharma and ‘moments of being’. Each film on its own is a meditation on specific elements of practice with different elements of life as fodder -- death, seeking, memories, nostalgia the imprint of famous speeches, films, other people and connection with the personal light within. Seen together, the films paint an exquisite experiential tableau of sensory-based explorations -- faith as an action, even when it feels unavailable (FLYING), the dance between holding on and letting go (LETTING GO), self-acceptance ala the practices of mindful attention, loving kindness and letting go (METTA), and refuge in the arms of meditation, love and interconnectedness (EMBRACE IT). Told with an attitude of curiosity, charm and subtle quirkiness, “The Spirit Series” is a celebration of the spirit, the ocean of the thousand sorrows and thousand joys, and the 84,000 possible doors to enlightenment.

Screenings:The Search: The Seeker: The Spirit: An Evening of Films by Kirthi Nath presented by ATA, CAAM and 3rdI (July 9, 2011), SF Magazine Best of the Bay 2009, 27th Annual SFIAAFF, Chicago Filmmakers/Third I: Kirthi Nath Retrospective, APAture 2008, 5th Annual SFISAFF, Digital Artifcat Magazine , Eleventh Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival ATA Window Installation.

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