In his Preface, Gene Youngblood explains his various outlooks on what is expanded cinema which he concludes is better identified as "expanded consciousness" where an artist steps outside their own skin to look beyond that which is art in any medium of their choosing and analyze the state of one's own being, their human condition, and question the socioeconomic structures of life within what he calls the Paleocybernetic Age. This concept is relatively similar to a Buddhist's standpoint with the mind, body, and soul interacting and conceptually perceiving life through astral-projection. While his book looks at the many different viewpoints from other various artists, he himself discusses in his chapters the different outlooks on life as an artist and in what way constitutes art from the artist's perspective and underlying meaning within their work.
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”
― C.G. Jung
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