FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY
Phone in hand, Peter checks new phone notifications.
PETER (V.O.):Here's an answer request: John Cage said: "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." Which ideas of the past or now do you find frightening?
Pausing
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): John Cage? A familiar name.
Peter surfs the web with his phone.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh yes. He wrote "As Slow As Possible". His piece has been playing since 2001 by a specially-built organ in a German church. In Sept this year, the chord changed for the first time in 7 years.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): It was international news, and I came to know him.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Yes, he also wrote 4'33". His score instructs performers not to play their instruments in the piece's 3 movements.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.): New ideas and applications in the old composing context. Were they frightening?
Act 2
INT. PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL - LATER
Peter swims, thinking at the same time.
PETER (V.O.): An idea is a rough mental construct. If people can't think of new ideas, such may not be frightening, as some people don't have new ideas.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): But if a new idea calls for action, it may disrupt a status quo. And the issue is whether the new idea creates and delivers value.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): A concept is a refined idea which has gone through a review process.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): But the terms "idea" and "concept" are used interchangeably. I need not be that analytic as if I'm fudging the question.
EXT. PARK - HOME - LATER
A wet-haired Peter walks along a path, recalling something.
PETER (V.O.): I do find certain ideas or concept frightening - "freedom" and "democracy". Whatever actions taken under such cliches seem noble.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): But freedom in society is never unregulated. Freedom is never absolute anywhere, and this is the international standard.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): But some people want to speak and do whatever they want as if freedom is absolute.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): As to democracy ie the control of the group by the majority. If the majority becomes unruly, democracy can die in darkness, leading to tyranny.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Such political behaviours can happen in democracies.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A further frightening idea or concept is "standard", that is the norm to evaluate something.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Some countries and institutions advocating "freedom" and "democracy" often apply double standards towards different peoples or countries.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And some people are narcissistically ignorant.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): The crux of my fright is that some countries, institutions and actors aren't really civilised and peace-loving. And they won't collaborate to do public good.
Taking a deep breath, Peter arrives in a block's entrance.
INT. BLOCK ENTRANCE - LATER
A carpet on the floor catches Peter's attention. He finds an angle and takes a photo it.
PETER (V.O.): The light and shadow on the carpet fibres appeal to me. The photo I took represents my expression of an idea, via an old readymade object.
Pausing
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Is my idea/expression new or old, not frightening or frightening?
Act 3
INT. BLOCK ENTRANCE - LATE AFTERNOON
No more sunshine. Peter and his SON walk past the dark-orange carpet.
PETER: Take a look of the carpet.
His son looks at it. Then, Peter passes him his phone to see an image.
PETER: Can you recognize this image? It's the carpet.
His son looks shocked.
INT. SITTING ROOM - NIGHT
Sitting on a sofa, Peter is thinking.
PETER (V.O.): Being compelled to accept a change of status quo for the worse is frightening. Voluntarily embracing change for the better is satisfying.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's my choice to take the carpet snapshot believing the image would arouse others' emotion.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): I believe my work has artistic value too. Let me call it "As Quick As Possible/Split Second"
Smiling.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): And, I'm Peter Cheung.
Peter types his reply to the Quora answer request.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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