from the time of these encounters, the style and pace of the film quicken. interspersed with shots of his enchanting baby daughter as she takes her first steps and grows into childhood, van gasteren turns his attention to his art, to meeting artists, intellectuals, and scientists of the ’60s in the united states and canada, and puts on several exhibits of his own photography and sculpture. he purchases an opel automobile and has it crushed, then mounted in an amsterdam park, elevated to an art form. marshall mcluhan introduces an exhibition of new style painting in toronto, broadcast on television. louis talks to jazz composer mal waldron about how his music expresses his protest against the lack of communication in our world. and to the accompaniment of live jazz and slides of his art, louis recites his own beat poetry in english.