People from all walks of life and creeds are united by one thing, the human experience. This human experience is made up of emotions such as, happiness, sadness, pain and pleasure. BR!NK is a film that fuses poetic prose with a cinematic storyline while examining the human experience of depression. The contrast of the melancholy presented in the words coupled with the imagery conveyed onscreen creates a paradox of the senses pushing the viewer to the threshold. The poem illustrates self‐doubt, fear and sadness while the visual imagery is sharp, piercing and is unrelenting. The audience is given an observing eye in the life of an individual that is wrapped in a cocoon of misery and hopelessly, trending the limits of his own consciousness, will he break free or succumb to his own demons? Nothing is for certain when you are at the…BR!NK. The exodus of the Aruban student to The Netherlands has a relation to this film. Many Arubans leave their homeland in order to further their education and in doing so, are confronted with culture shock, climate change, and homesickness. In dealing with these issues the clear goal of higher education can become forgotten and things can start to unravel. BR!NK is an exaggeration of this state of “limbo”.
