Looking at a filmstrip is very different to seeing it animated. The difference between static and movement. when you watch both you fall into something else that is neither
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In the act of drawing on film there is a emphasis on the hands hovering over the film emulsion.
 
let the old be a virus let it be like a strip of DNA let the old be a virus within the new
  

Is it like a tattooist working on a piece of skin?

A tattooist brands the skin with various emblems; flowing and symbolic, whilst the act of creating these film strips is more like acts of self mutilation with a blunt instrument.
 
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