Published in CST Online
Author Lindsay Nelson
I began learning about and making video essays in June 2023, a few months after I started learning how to play the harp. It strikes me that both endeavors require a certain amount of learning and un-learning: learning a new physicality and new technical skills, and un-learning assumptions about what makes a good finished product. Both the creation of video essays and playing the harp require a literal re-positioning of the body.