We’re waking up — slowly but surely. People are getting curious. Our collective is starting to ask better questions, and as we find our footing in these new arenas of thought, we’ll be tasked with using art as a medium to express and exchange our evolving ideas.
Artists have always peeked beyond the veil, abstracting mysteries into consumable forms that can be commonly understood. As frequencies shift and elevate, new artforms will inevitably emerge. But before a new artform is born, it first expresses itself as a new genre within the existing ones. New genres are our attempts to articulate "new ideas" (if such things truly exist) using established story patterns and timeless archetypes.
In my estimation, no genre is better suited for this evolutionary leap than Science Fiction.
As Science and Technology advance, we realize how much of the "fiction" in science fiction was simply early glimpses of reality. Story has always been a vessel for conveying Truth — whether personal or cultural. The greater the truth, the greater the story.
Throughout cinema history, most genres have maximized a particular emotional engine: Horror scares us, Comedy makes us laugh, Romance stirs up butterflies. All are useful — but Sci-Fi has always gone beyond feeling. It asks the important questions that validate our humanity and push the limits of our collective imagination. It weaves technology, historical perspective, and futurist predictions into one unique composition.
After the global shifts of 2020, both the world and our inner worlds changed. We’re on a new trajectory. Where to? We can only guess — and that's exactly where Metaphysical Fiction comes into play.
In recent years, there’s been a resurgence of new-age philosophies: astrology, numerology, Egyptology, tarot, reincarnation, portals, intuition, and ESP are finding their way back into the mainstream conversation. Western materialist science can't answer the mysteries of the soul, so many are turning inward. The maturation of our collective consciousness is setting the stage for stories that explore spirituality through new lenses.
The films I look forward to creating will remix classic Sci-Fi ingredients — aliens and robots aren't going anywhere — but they may now wear crystals, deliver messages during a yoga-induced vision, or travel via frequency rather than fuel. Our imaginations have always been infinite, but post-2020, we feel a little more infinite-er.
I’m not claiming I discovered a genre, but I’ve never heard anyone else use the term Meta-Phy-Fi before — blending metaphysics and science fiction into a new frontier.
Thanks to my mom, one of my favorite shows growing up was The Twilight Zone. It was just scary enough to keep me glued to the screen as a kid, and I grew to appreciate its deeper themes as I got older. Looking back, The Twilight Zone was early Meta-Phy-Fi — tales of magic, morality, cursed robots, and time-traveling ghosts.
Rod Serling was a genius. He used his platform not just for entertainment but to inoculate audiences with stories about empathy, justice, and courage. Television, after all, is called "programming" for a reason — and Serling chose to program consciousness toward the good.
More on that later.
Best,
KAM