I think that media can be such a powerful tool for social change. This guy Nick, through digital media has the opportunity to share his story with the world. I don't think I've ever seen someone who should be so depressed and yet lives his life in such a way that everyone can be inspired. He loves his life. He loves people. And he loves inspiring people. I came across this video shortly after getting back from my mission. I was super overwhelmed with being back in the real world. For the first time in a year and a half I had to start worrying about my own problems. I felt overwhelmed and preoccupied. My sister, during one of her many hours of addiction to youtube had stumbled across it. She later showed me the longer version of this video. I remember being impressed but more than anything, touched. The kind of love that he had for all of the people he interacted with or talked to was incredible. It was almost as if God had taken away his arms and legs so that he could have a bigger heart. He more or less made me realize that I did not have to stop caring about other people and their problems even though I had come back from the mission. I was so grateful to the people who had decided to document this.
Someone had to record this conference that he had and film Nick during various activities in his life. He had to decide while he was editing which pieces he was going to include and how he wanted to portray Nick. I would assume that a lot of thought went into it from the filmmaker's prospective and also the subject's perspective. Both of them had to be focused on how they wanted their message to come across and tell it in a visually inspiring way.
I have seen this video before and it was a great example of counting your blessings to me personally. I feel like this is a very different form of art. I wouldn't necessarily consider it a documentary or a narrative... It's more of an enjoyable and inspirational commercial in my opinion. I could definitely see an ad for a hospital or an insurance company right after watching this (healing for life etc. etc.). Ok, maybe not, but regardless; I think you get the picture.
ReplyDeleteI think digital media has really shown to us how much good other people have to offer the world--people of different faiths and cultures and languages. In times past it might have been a lot harder to find truth in lots of places, because access to those places was limited to us; the advent of the internet and social media and all the rest have made it easy for us to find videos like this that show the good in everyone, which is something I think all people need to constantly be exposed to. I love how this video demonstrates how good life is, even when so much stuff is trying to hold you down. Thanks to digital media, we get to experience that. Sweet.
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