Sit Around the Fire (2023) - a Stop Motion Short Film

꩜ After burning down her home casting a spell to find a romantic partner, a snail must learn to appreciate other forms of love ꩜
Happy new year! I hope you enjoy my new claymation film, "Sit Around the Fire" This year I explored a lot with the element of fire and all of the most effective ways to harness it in all its intensity & passion, but also its steady warmth. Fire can be a tool for both creation and destruction, and "Sit Around the Fire" explores the connection that can be found within an opportunity for rebirth. 𓇢𓆸
Written, Directed, and Animated by Moi
Set Design by Olivia Dupepe & Moi
Shadow Puppets performed by Isabel Gallego
& all music credited to the artists listed at the end of the film!
Here are some words from Ram Dass that I felt inspired by when creating this film:
"As if in each of us
There once was a fire
And for some of us
There seem as if there are only ashes now
But when we dig in the ashes
We find one ember
And very gently we fan that ember
Blow on it, it gets brighter
And from that ember we rebuild the fire
Only thing that's important is that ember
...
The ember gets stronger
Flame starts to flicker a bit
And pretty soon you realize that all we're going to do for eternity
Is sit around the fire"