Chaos and creativity are not opposing forces. Finding an original point of view is not easy or comfortable. It begins with a single idea, one word on a page, or even a gnawing buzz in the brain that simply won’t go away. For the artist it is the starting point, a place where the marathon of imagination begins, and the work still lies ahead. There will be inevitable stops and starts along the way, but the process has begun, and the collision of chaos and creativity harnessed into something real and unique, and often quite extraordinary. The world of independent film and contemporary art and music is not an intellectual safe haven, but rather a minefield of the unexpected.  Welcome to the Carmel Art and Film Festival, 2010.