 By punching grid patterns in 5" by 7" cards with a pin, James was able to paint through these pinholes onto other 5" x 7" cards, to create images of rich complexity and give the finished work a very dynamic and flowing motion, but the film was not completed yet.It was first released as a silent film.A very short, black and white, manipulated fragment from an early version of "Yantra" was shown at one of the historic Vortex Concerts in San Francisco's Morrison planetarium in early 1959.