A Portrait of Humans in Doubt

Daring to dive when your moment arrives

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Watching the short film Ten Meter Tower, my breath grows short, my heart thumps, and my body ramps up for a fight-or-flight response.

I may as well be standing alongside the film’s participants atop a 33-foot-high diving board, peering into the swimming pool far below and deciding whether to jump or climb back down the l…