Ever hear the one about the three blind men and an elephant?
Three blind men come across an elephant. The first man happens upon its leg, and concludes it’s a tree. The second man bumps into its trunk, and concludes it’s a snake. The last blind man feels its tail, and concludes it’s a broom.
Moral of the story? One person's subjective truth may not be another's truth, let alone the whole truth or even any part of the truth.
(there's a whole lot more to this story, but you get the idea).
As photographers, filmmakers, writers, and educators, THIS is the motivating force behind our art: to get to essential truths and share what we learn, always with the ambition of authenticity, humanity and wit.