I've finished a video of just over 4 minutes, entirely created using Grok Imagine's Agent mode (see image). It's a much smoother way to make videos because you can rely on Grok's understanding. The Image reference is now available and it's very, very useful. All the dialogues were done with Grok, no need for sound dubbing and that's a huge time saver and adds credibility to the video. The realism is really well done. I post it in one hour.

"At dawn she leaves her parents by the city wall; At dusk she reaches Yellow River shore. All night she listens for old folk's familiar call, But only hears the Yellow River's roar." Song of Mulan， Translated by Xu Yuanchong 📹 Naonao

You know the feeling that the older you get, the faster time seems to pass? Part of the reason is that your brain does not record life like a camera. It compresses repetition. When every day follows the same pattern, there is less novelty to encode, fewer sharp memory boundaries. When your routine breaks it forces attention. That is why a chaotic three-day trip can feel longer than three ordinary weeks. So if you want life to feel slower, you do not need to blow everything up. You just need to intentionally break the pattern. This is known as "temporal landmark". To me, Alkimiya and 42 feel like distinct chapters, even though there were 0 gap days between them. The context changed, and sometimes I feel like I'm a different person. On the other hand, I've been boxing consistently for 7 years. Same fundamentals, same drills. I love it, but looking back, it feels like almost no time has passed. Routine makes you stronger, but it also makes time disappear. There's no big take-away. Just thought the brain is fascinating.

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