Aren't You?

08/12/2024

This film challenges the comforting ideal that we are meant to feel to truly appreciate the human experience. In doing so, it questions what happens when emotion is absent, when the expected highs and lows are replaced with a numbing void. “Aren’t You?” pushes against the belief that our humanity is measured solely by our capacity to feel deeply and visibly. I explore how this disconnect challenges traditional notions of identity, memory, and connection, suggesting that the human experience is more expansive and nuanced than what is typically accepted. In doing so, the film calls for a broader understanding of how people experience reality, reminding us that emotional flatness is not a failure of being human — it is a part of being human.