Category: Omphalos films

I have made over 1600 short films. These films tend to be short and cover a range of subjects. The idea generally behind my films is that they should have no immediate separation into ‘two cultures’: science and humanities.

A further intention is that only by really knowing the filmmaker and following his life and narrative will you get closer to understanding some of the films. In this I intend to make the point that science too must remember the complexity of human life.

Omphalos is another name for our tummy-button, where we were once joined to our mother.

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Learning that time can sing

To play this short film please click here. This film features the ‘Dirlot Angel’, Caithness. Music credit:  A live performance of ‘99.9F’ by Suzanne Vega [February 1993]

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Life as viewed by a teddy bear

Wouldn’t it be a novelty to interview a Teddy Bear! I wonder what such ‘ursine familiars’, known to scientists as ‘transitional objects’, might say about life as viewed? My bears … Continue reading Life as viewed by a teddy bear

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Might I borrow that suit of red armour?

To play Might I borrow that suit of red armour? please click here or on the image below. Credits: YouTube archive footage of Mr Benn [BBC]; Moving Image Archive of … Continue reading Might I borrow that suit of red armour?

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door to door

To play this short film please click here or on the image below. Credits: Jonathan Meades on Scottish places read by Peter Scott-Gordon; opening lines of a poem by Peter … Continue reading door to door

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Then, mid-sentence,

In the high hills of Glen Bruar, whilst walking with a friend, I had a sudden seizure and lost consciousness. This happened mid-sentence, on the last day of 2021 by the … Continue reading Then, mid-sentence,