FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY
Phone in hand, PETER is pondering.
PETER (V.O.): In Quora, I've been asked all sorts of questions that I couldn't have imagined.
Checking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Here's one: Where and when would I go back to the year 1984 if I like art?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Although they're specific answer requests, I don't have to answer them. I don't care if they don't ask me again.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): On this one, the Quoran has requested me twice.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But to make some sense out of a senseless question poses a challenge to me, and I want to challenge my limits.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): George Orwell's novel "1984" was published in 1949. He predicted much of the world should be undergoing endless wars.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The fictional novel "1984" can be of enduring relevance to many.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But a popular and complex work might also lead to wild interpretations that are out of the author's control.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But this Quoran wants to know where and when he can go back to the year 1984 as he likes art, from 2020.
Wondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What happened in 1984 in art in the first place? Let me check.
Surfing the web, Peter reads "1984 in art".
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There's no special art event or movement in 1984.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In 1984, I got my LLB from HKU, and the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed.
Reclining on a sofa, Peter is thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Art is just the expression/application of humans' creative ideas, intended to be appreciated for its beauty or emotional power.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Such art forms are often original. But art forms needn't be confined to auditory or visual. They can be multi-dimensional, including an act/performance.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I now like to use readymades, transforming them into art forms.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The transformation process is this: Through my creative idea/choice, I choose a readymade subject matter, exercise my sweat of the brow and transform it into another art work, invoking the artistic appreciation.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.): Would such an art expression/application/interpretation be understood by the Quoran?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If he likes art, and is imaginative of the possibility of travelling back in time, he might be able to appreciate that artistically.
Peter shrugs his shoulders.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS
Having taken a screenshot of a calendar year of 1984 on his phone, Peter re-orients and edits the image for a while.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's my choice to select the subject matter. Yes, the arrangement now looks beautiful to me. It's my independent creation.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The 2020 creation is an expression/application of my creative ideas of the year 1984 in retrospect.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me coin such artistic expression as "Inter-temporal Art".
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): To respond to the Quoran's "where" and "when", he can go to the virtual world to appreciate my inter-temporal art "1984", now.
Peter types his answer on the phone.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Would he get it?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If he didn't, I share and communicate my inter-temporal art of "1984" not just to him, but to those who could appreciate it now and in the future.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Every human can be an artist. And my life has become artistic too.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Challenging my limits. I live authentically.
Peter smiles.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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