In 2008, painter and illustrator James Roper took a short break from his work to try his hand at screenwriting and film-making. A few short films later, he had collected several awards, a modest following, and, more importantly, a new found love for storytelling. In his newest piece, The Incending Spiral, the artist-turned-filmmaker-turned-back-into-artist takes a look at the spiritual journeys of various people living and working in Los Angeles: a homeless woman, a celebrity publicist, a porn star, and a mixed martial arts fighter, among others. The narratives, based off of Roper's 2005 screenplay, Nirodha Point, touch on the exhausting world of material excess and exaggerated personalities within LA and the rest of California. Working in several mediums – drawing, painting, video installation, and graffiti – Roper explains how these characters, who each embody different levels of wealth and materialism, ultimately share experiences and events that cause their lives to overlap.
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