To live is to be a sequence of interpolations. We look at where we were a second ago (the reference frame) and where we hope to be, and our minds fill in the motion. We predict the curve of a smile before it fully forms, calculating the trajectory of a shared glance based on a history of similar data points. We are constantly adjusting for the "residual"—that tiny error between who we thought we would be and who we actually are in this millisecond.
We exist in the "P-frames" of our lives—the predicted movements between the keyframes that actually define us. We are rarely the static, perfectly rendered image; we are the math happening in the gaps. b_032.mp4
But there is a specific beauty in the predictive code. It proves that we aren't just a collection of random snapshots. We are a continuous flow, a determined effort to bridge the distance between two points of light. We don't need to be perfectly sharp in every frame to be understood; sometimes, it’s the blurry, calculated motion between the big moments where the real story is written. Joint Video Team (MPEG+ITU) Document To live is to be a sequence of interpolations