Balloon

A small story about tough times. Please watch in high quality. Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W1HlapTtGI&fmt=18



I walked outside one day, probably to go to the post office or corner market, and saw this happening. I ran back to get my video camera. Caught some of it and made a little movie. It's not perfect, could be made better in re-staging the action, but I am a believer in availablism and better made than unmade, and this wasn't going to get remade whether I thought it should or not, so here you go. Hope you like it.

music by Ron Rennells. Isn't he wonderful! :)
Check out his youtube channel here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/deadringer23

Happy New Years to all my youtube friends! I hope to be hanging out here on my front porch more in the coming year.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• balloon
• sad
• tough
• times
• journey
• hard
• peace
• hope
• future
• ron
• rennells

[artsoul68]

Floaty nice....reminds me of the plastic bag in American Beauty, do you think they're related or recycled? lol :OX

[eaglecrowowl]

thank you artsoul68! I think they are metaphorically related. :)

[U2bianSynic]

Oh man. That was tense. ...kept thinkin' the little rubbery fellow would get clobbered by a passing car.

What does that say about me..? lol

This reminds me of the bag in American Beauty, but it's even more poetic.

[eaglecrowowl]

thank you U2bianSynic - I guess the good thing about being made of latex is that you can get squished and still bounce back! :)

[cdeeryart]

What a beautifully pensive piece. Your vids touch my soul in indescribable ways... so good to get another piece of you. Best wishes your way!

[eaglecrowowl]

Thank you so much cdeeryart. I feel very lucky to have found people like you who enjoy these little movies. It is a blessing for me. :)

[yo6ial]

Ain't it "quietly" ?

[1984luftballons]

thank you :)99

[lilyshrimp]

I can see you are enjoying universe that most people miss. Plus, I genuinely like your choice of music in your videos.

[bucklemunki]

how did that lil gold balloon nearly move me to tears?aw

[kennykalinowski]

Good Vid!

[cityhall4all]

That was beautiful.

Thank you for making this and I will be wishing you well.

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

wonderful!

[czmma]

Amazing you found a moment with this little yellow, with your camera, the integrity of what you found/saw, means so much more than trying to restage it. To me, balloons are always so real, alive. I remember one saying hello at an elevator once, I felt so honored, that moment.

[PowderSpirit3]

a little bit too close to home

(if ya know what i mean)

........ but a great metaphor just the same