Experimental but heartfelt, all fiction, mostly video. Featuring: phantoms, parakeets, some animation, much smoke, Super 8 excursions, several actors. This is: an extrapolation from 'Making things meaningful' (2003), a deviation from the first paragraph of 'The Riddle' (1812), a science fiction story, a fairytale, a consideration of representation and form PLUS several science explorations by the filmmaker.