Myself, Eric Gillespie, Kylor Melton and Harmon Clarke took a road trip through Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Oljato Monument Valley and Lake Powell to shoot this. Shot on a RED epic, 5D mark iii, Inspire Copter and an iPhone (battery ran out on those graveyard shots...). Also we had a crazy moment in the middle of nowhere, deep inside the slots of Labyrinth Canyon we ran into Jay-Z!
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I got inspired to write the voice over in the video after visiting Da Poetry Lounge in West Hollywood and hearing some legendary spoken word pieces by people like Shane Koyczan. So I decided to give it a shot… Here is the transcript »
I want to go on a road trip with no plans
Play with my inner child
Take my heart off the leash and let it run wild
Have you ever drove past a hill on the side of the road
and had an urge to just stop and run up it?
Break the routine and just do something different
But instead you just keep on driving
looking back at your rear view at what could have been
I’m so tired of this feeling that the best is yet to come
the best is right here, right now
yes there’s what you need to do to make a living
but there’s also what you must do to feel alive
Go seek
because life is hidden and in adventure it can be found
because these pursuits are triggers for self-actualization, releasing my potential
because my body can only feel rested after it’s pushed, stretched and tested
because sometimes I feel like something is sleeping inside of me
deprived, just waiting to be revived
I need to be revitalized
I think that if I can spark this fire I can find the strength to reach higher
challenge myself in experiences I’ll never forget
and when I’m 80 years old on my rocking chair I’ll have no regrets
this is my calling, I’m all in
but it’s not just a desire, it’s my responsibility
because these places open up my eyes to possibility
giving access to the limitless nature of our existence
distance from that voice in my head that says stop when I struggle to stay persistent
So I chase the version of me I want to be
stay on track by following the fear that holds me back
climbing up a setback, deep inside of what I lack
I’m stalling, running as fast as I can but feel like I’m crawling
I tell myself to take a break, relax
let what you lack be an empty crack
you don’t have to be whole to be intact
but I’m not very good at lying to myself
I know I need to catch that uncatchable self
I know that trying to be more than I am is who I am
I know that I’m in love with the never ending search
it’s my drive, my passion, my thirst
and it’s not because I’m never satisfied, it’s because I’m always satisfied
learning how to glide in this bumpy ride
this is my life commute
it’s not the pursuit of happiness
it’s the happiness of pursuit
I know that this trip will be over in a flash so I respect the dash
the gravestone dash between birth and death is my time
my time to explore, my time to live unbound.
