He Stopped Drawing

His sketchbook didn't. A little upright reel — best watched on the phone in your hand.

Format · 9:16 Kind · Vertical short Introduced by · Pirou

Pirou's note

The work doesn't always wait for the maker.

A man set the pencil down on a park bench and walked off into the autumn. He was done. But the sketchbook lying open behind him wasn't — light and music came lifting off the page on their own, stars spilling up into the trees.

I love this one because it argues with quitting. You can stop. The thing you started might keep going anyway. That's reason enough to save a short.

— Pirou, still dancing