What Am I Trying to Say?
I am making these movies because I want to talk about what I'm learning: to known myself deeply. In a way, this is a small adjustment -- I've always considered myself a deep kind of guy -- but my priorities are completely shifting. My concern now is the basic gifts that we all have. This is too important to keep a secret and too simple to ignore.
I am discovering that my most essential possession is life itself. Pretty simple, eh? Yes, very simple, but I seek to be simple enough to truly embrace life. I am certainly not the first person to make this discovery, but that doesn't make it any smaller.
I believe many people also love this perspective, but it is difficult to talk about. I find these poetic visual metaphors work well, and animation is a great medium. By profession I am a 3D digital modeler with SketchUp software (look at www.JoelM3DM.com), so I am making animated shorts. I am not trying to be a great filmmaker or animator. I am just expressing what I'm learning.
Every day I visit the beauty of feeling life inside of me. More and more, I'm connected to this inner feeling. It's like knowing I have riches in the bank. I have lots of help from my teacher, who reminds me of the importance of this simplicity inside.
The feeling of their own beauty is everyone's birthright, whatever their path or practice. Though lots of different words are used, many people seek the same feeling of inner beauty -- yet it is very much missing in our world. On a personal level, I think it's an important ingredient for satisfaction. On a global level, I believe it can help solve many problems. This experience is possible and this learning is available.
I remember well when I first heard about this understanding. "There's something valuable inside of me? I don't need to read or diet or do anything but feel it? It is already right inside of me now?" I was interested, but I did not want to hear from a teacher or anybody who wasn't a student like me.
Do you feel like that? I am not a big expert or official spokesman. I am just a guy who's learning to embrace this perspective. I believe many people would also love it. You're welcome to write to me if you have questions about my movies or my message or you just want to say hello ...
Email to Joel
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#1 - Plain Sight - I learned a simple way to turn my attention inside myself. When I practice this, I find a space close inside that I never knew before.
#2 - My Other Home - This space has been close inside my whole life, and has a dearness and comfort that feels like home.
#3 - 2 Directions - I discover that the way inside is a direction, almost like a doorway, that calls to be explored.
#4 - The Bellfield Lunar Anomaly - When I look in this direction, I see that my life has a quality that I long to feel.
#5 - My Radio Store - I hear many sounds everywhere around me. When I listen carefully, I hear a song coming from within me.
#6 - The Current of Life - I find a layer of feelings inside of me, very simple and quiet, but innate, beautiful and peaceful.
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More movies are in the works ... Obvious But Very Quiet; In the Woods; Cars, Driveways, and Escalators; Postcardville; Hula Hoop; The Continental Divide; Jigsaw Puzzle.
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