One of the deepest, most universal of all human responses is the experience of beauty. What is it? Beauty is found in painting, music, literature and dance; but also in natural wilderness, mathematical equations, the structure of biological organisms, physics, and the cosmos. Accident by Design looks for common principles. The film intercuts painting, sculpture, and dance with images from science and nature, and provocative interview clips.
When forms of beauty from very diverse sources are brought together by montage, the shared principles become visible.
