An independently produced video on art and spiritual life in contemporary Vietnam is a collaboration of Nora Taylor, PhD in Art History from Cornell University, cinematographer Mac Van Chung and painter and art historian Bui Hoai Mai. Filmed and edited entirely in Vietnam, the production was supported by the Ministry for Culture and Information and the Institute for Art Historical Research in Hanoi.

With footage of the beautiful northern Vietnamese landscape, Buddhist pagodas, altars to ancestors and paintings by old masters hanging in the National Museum of Art in Hanoi, the video illustrates the many layers of juxtaposition between art and life in contemporary Vietnam. Rather than focus on historical or political issues, the video provides newcomers to Vietnamese culture with a visual representation of themes and symbols in daily spiritual and artistic life.

"Art in Vietnam is found in daily life and daily life becomes art that is as fragrant and ephemeral as a stick of burning incense." Nora Taylor.