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With this film, I made it in dedication to my own spiritual journey, from an agnostic with a firm belief in science to an omnist that understands how science and spirituality are the same. The film, in a way, represents my breakthrough in mentality and limiting beliefs about the human experience. 

The idea for the title of the film came from a conversation with some friends on the notion that the last 7 minutes of brain activity are said to be when your consciousness enters a dream-like sequence and the events of your life are reviewed; hence, the saying, “life flashing before your eyes”. My friend asked, “How do you know if this is your last 7 minutes?” and the conversation inspired me to make the last seven minutes of my protagonist’s life similar to my film “The Waiting Room” where it’s a void that one enters before their next lifetime; similarly, it is the last seven minutes before my protagonist decides to truly end her life. Although the film itself is not seven minutes or features any seven-minute sequences, I also subscribe to the notion that time is a subjective experience.

In my past, I had dealt with thoughts of depression and ending it all and escaping because I could not see any other way out of the difficult place I was in mentally. I eventually did find my own way out of depression, but it took elevating my consciousness to understand why/how I had encountered those feelings and how this universe allows for us to exercise free will. I had struggled with the age-old debate of destiny vs. choice, eventually concluding to myself that choices form our destinies and that our destinies are always ever-changing at every point in time. We are always writing the script to our own lives through our thoughts, our feelings, and our intentions. Most importantly, we are the ones in control, and we have the free will to exercise that control; to be conscious or unconscious.