Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Papiroflexia - zell777

god bless user generated content.

in love,
ge

i love comments!

hello friends! some kind people informed me that they were having trouble posting comments on the site....so i fixed it! post away! i always intended for this site to be a conversation, a way for us to take the isolation of the internet-world and spin it on its head, co-creating a "place" for nourishment, transformation, and community...and fun!

in love,
ge

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Tim and Eric Awesome Show! Great Job!

ok, sometimes tim and eric is offensive. sometimes it is really weird.

other times, it is so funny that my life actually gets better while i watch it. here are three of my favorite clips. enjoy!

in love,
ge.





Liberation Ecology - Frances Moore Lappe

this is so awesome. frances moore lappe also happens to be an earlham grad! go quake!

this is taken from the midwest social forum.

i really hope that we figure out how to co-create a culture of life...

in love,
greg

Monday, December 29, 2008

Muto - Blu

well, thus far, this is the only video about which i can safely say, "i have never seen anything like this."

although it is not particularly uplifting or discernible, it is unbelievably creative and radical. art for everyone! i loved watching it from start to finish. who knows what's going to happen next?!?

thanks john!


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Alex Fals, aka "Alf"

i have known alex since he was 11...or maybe 10. i can't remember. i was his camp counselor. then we worked together at that same camp. he is a great dude, always seeking, always searching, always growing. it has been a blessing to be his friend all this time. and now he's an amazing songwriter! that's so cool! i believe that all three of these songs are originals. they were all recorded really recently in columbia. he is there visiting his family.

it's really great to know so many incredible people.

in love,
ge





Fire Breathing Fish - Brandon Guy Smith

brandon smith is my brother. we've known each other since the fourth grade. no matter how much time might pass between conversations or visits, he's still my brother. and he blows glass! how cool is that!?! although this video is sped up a bit, it really only takes him about 15 minutes to make a glass fish like this one.

that's pretty awesome.

RR vs. D - Au

ok team, this is one of my favorite new bands, Au. this video is so beautiful to watch. i love the spinning tops!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Seasonal Favorites!

happy winter solstice! you just might celebrate it as christmas, but in fact, christmas was moved to dec. 25 to overshadow the pagan celebration of the winter solstice! bring the green inside! (christmas tree) light up the night! (christmas tree lights) sacrifice a pig! (ham dinner) put up a wreath! (good luck for a healthy year) wahoo! but for those of you who might have sentimental seasonal memories, here are mine!

ok, so clearly this is not on everyone's list of favorites because my friend kara just ran out of the room due to the fact that the snowman melts at the end of this cartoon and brings up bad memories. maybe a lesson on impermanence is a little heavy for a christmas classic, but remember, this is only after a snowman dance party in the woods hosted by santa!

p.s. kara just threatened to boycott my blog due to my insistence on including this video in today's post. for the record, you can stop watching the video after the snowman dance party if you want to skip the sad ending. and if this video makes you as sad as kara, be sure to watch the next three.



scrooged is my favorite christmas movie of all time! this is the ending. some important back information so you know what's going on: bill murray is scrooge and a tv executive. he just figured it out. then, dance party/sing-a-long!



adam sandler's chanukah song...what a success! i have always loved this song, and i am pretty sure that most of my friend's my age know all the words. i wish there were more awesome chanukah themed youtube videos, but they seem to be in short supply. i guess that's because it is not one of the most important jewish holidays...but send me some if you know some!



the last part of "how the grinch stole christmas"! awesome!



and to top it all off, a little commercial for "buy nothing day"! R.I.P. Demore, the wal-mart employee who got trampled.



have a wonderful day! and happy holidays! however you spend them!

in love,
ge

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Ubuntu and The People's Grocery - The Global Oneness Project

these videos are so good, i had to post them as soon as i saw them. who has heard of this organization? i never have. i don't know much about them, and i'm sure they're not perfect, but these are some beautiful short films. they are well-shot, powerful, and important. we hardly ever see the radical actions of others. we hardly ever see images of African peoples that are not of genocide, poverty, and political tyranny. the images we take in really impact us. i know that they have impacted me.

someone once said to me, "people love what they know about." the example was that people won't love nature unless they know more about it. but i think maybe people also love what they feel connected to. i don't know the names of all the trees or flowers, but i love them because i feel connected to them. i understand the importance of their life and their place in the universe. so, maybe connection or knowledge can come first. maybe one creates the possibility of the other.

but what happens when neither thing happens, when we don't know about something or someone and we don't feel connected to it or them? and what happens when that shifts, and all of a sudden something is on our radar that never was before? and how does that shift? just some thoughts and questions....what are yours?

the first one is about ubuntu, and it is filmed in South Africa, and the second one is about a food justice project in Oakland, CA called, The People's Grocery.

www.globalonenessproject.com

in love,
ge



The Common Fire Foundation! and Climbing Poetree!

so, this is going to be a two part post. this part is about the common fire foundation, started by jeff and kavitha in the hudson valley! (i helped!) jeff and kavitha are really amazing people, and i've been bumming recently that i haven't seen or talked to them in a while. they work so hard to contribute to the world in radical, creative ways, and i am blessed to know them. this video was shot maybe three years ago now, and if you look close enough....you can see me in the background of some of the shots! the footage is primarily from the grand opening ceremony for their super-green co-op building. the event was really fun and joyful. and they got julia butterfly hill and climbing poetree! how cool is that?

i love you, jeff and kavitha. i hope you are well. samiha too!



so, the second part of this post is about climbing poetree. after watching the previous video, you're probably asking yourself, "oh my god, who is climbing poetree? they are amazing." and i am here to reply that they are in fact amazing. i actually found that common fire video looking for videos that featured them (teehee). my friend anna just saw them perform and was blown away by them, which reminded that they are incredible.

i think that what is particularly powerful about the previous common fire video and the following two videos featuring climbing poetree is that both are examples of what is possible. in jeff and kavitha, we have two people who created a non-profit and coordinated the creation of the greenest building in the east, an accomplishment so big that they constantly had to remind people of their long-term commitments to social justice, camps, retreats, etc. and in alixa and naima, we have two women who have decided to let their lives be their vision, who have decided to speak out for justice, who have decided to create radical, transformative art, and who have decided to be alive for the sake of awakening the consciousness and collective power of the masses. not to mention that all of them are so much more than the sum total of these words...

whoah...and can i just say how amazing the poem in the second video is? i just got chills...it reminds me that i gotta start doing some shit. seriously.

thank you. thank you. thank you.

as my mentor trayce says, "you're allowed to shine."

www.commonfire.org
www.climbingpoetree.com



Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Gene Kelly

My friend, Louis, first introduced me to Gene Kelly. I had only ever heard his name, never watching the dances I knew he was famous for. Then I watched the first clip with Louis at his apartment and was stunned. Besides the fact that his dancing is incredible, he has this way of dancing that is both graceful and strong, light and direct. His mastery is beyond the sum total of his dance moves. He makes me want to dance! And in the second clip, he tap dances on roller skates! Roller skates! And he's just so handsome!

Enjoy!

ge.



Monday, December 15, 2008

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Dare - Stan Bush from the Original Transformers Movie

whoah. this song is so good, i don't even know what to say...

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Animation by Seth Brau

this is pretty awesome. i have always had a hard time with the notion of "property," but this is a beautiful document. and one cool looking film.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Validation - A Movie By Kurt Kuenne

wow. this might be in contention for my favorite internet movie of all time. words cannot express. i just teared up watching it. be warned, it is 16 minutes long. but it is worth it.

thanks, isaak!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Locusts (Docu-Music-Video) - Invincible and Finale

i made may way to this through the youth program of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. they have co-organized a tour called, Drop Beats Not Bombs, for a few years now, and Invincible was on the most recent tour. The nonviolence and anti-oppression training that comes out of the same program, called the Peacemaker Training Institute, has been so very important to me for six years. some of the most amazing people i have ever met were through PTI, and i am so thankful that many of them are still in my life today. isaak, alejandra, kavitha, maryrose, cesar, hayden, hawah, anna, elandria...all of you (plus so many un-named!) are amazing in so many different ways.

this video is very powerful and effective. contemporary cities are battle grounds, colonized land, where city governments, real estate companies, multinational corporations, and educational institutions purchase neighborhoods and remake them as they see fit. this was really evident in nyc, where "williamsburg" continues to grow eastward, taking over neighborhoods predominantly populated by people of color, and turning them into condominium play-lands, first for young white people, who don't mind living in slightly more "dangerous" and "cheap" neighborhoods, then for the businesses and "life-style" enthusiasts that follow them looking for the next "hot spot." meanwhile, the people who were already living there are forced to relocate further and further out or find some other way to stay and make ends meet, provided they are allowed to stay. this is just one example. we forget that this happened to manhattan as well.

it doesn't sound like this is exactly what is going on in Detroit, but it is the same dish with a different flavor. as i think about where to settle down, i flounder trying to find a place that does not already feel taken over. there are some really beautiful examples in this film of how people can reclaim abandoned spaces and turn them into spaces that exist for the community. not to mention some really, really good hip-hop!

i hope the tour went well!



oh, and p.s. -

invincible is amazing! here is her music video for "Sledgehammers."

Monday, December 8, 2008

Murder in the City - The Avett Brothers

holy moly. the avett brothers. what can be said about the avett brothers? i stumbled upon them one night playing in a small bar in tivoli, ny. i had never heard of them. had no idea what to expect. i came in about 2/3 of the way through the show. and the last third was unlike anything i had ever seen. they played from their toes to their eyebrows, giving everything they had into those microphones. they screamed and sang harmony better than anyone i had ever heard. they expressed emotions of love and passion that so few capture. and at the end of the show, a 3 hour show by all accounts, they came into the audience, shook everyone's hands, and thanked them for coming. i was very thankful indeed.

and now they're famous, just signed with american, rick rubin's columbia label. we'll see what happens, but at this point, it's safe to say that they are making some of the most honest, passionate, and beautiful music out there today. thanks for being honest, loyal, and true, dear avetts. may you continue on to even more beauty and expression.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Coded Language - Saul Williams

i needed to get into a poetry writing mood, so i found this little gem. although i've been having mixed feelings about saul williams recently, i.e. his nike endorsement and sub par album release, it cannot be said that he is asleep. i had the blessing to meet saul, and i asked him, "how can you be so sure that revolution is coming?" to which he replied, "have you ever read the tao te ching?" to which i replied, "yeah, a while ago." to which he replied, "maybe you should read it again."

we are the equivalent of three buckets of water and a hand full of minerals.

the last two minutes and twenty seconds is the best part.

where do you find transcendence? or rather, where do you transcend dance?


Saturday, December 6, 2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Tracy Chapman - Talking About a Revolution

who doesn't love this song? it's been a little while since i posted a music video/performance. powerful stuff.

i hope you are well.

in love,
ge

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Tamera

i first heard about Tamera from Jeff, a friend of mine who co-founded a non-profit called The Common Fire Foundation with his partner, Kavitha. he went to eurupe to check out some intentional communities, and when i asked him if any of them stood out, he said, "Tamera."

the more i learn about this place, the more i feel like i need to go. you can see for yourself at tamera.org. the first video is the last segment of a half hour long documentary mostly about the "sunvillage" they are building over there. this last part goes into what Tamera is about as a whole.

the second video is the opening speech from last summer's "university" at Tamera, a ten-day program focused on revolution, ecology, sustainability, love, and sex. the speaker is 19 and a member of the community there.

whoah...




Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Sunni Patterson - We Made It

this is not a "feel-good" performance or poem, so if you are looking for something purely uplifting, this might not be it. this poem is, however, incredible. sunni patterson invokes the prophetic voice, speaking radical truth and transformation. the first time i saw this was accidental. i was visiting a friend, and Def Poetry Jam just happened to be on tv. my mouth nearly dropped.

so why is this video on bigheartvideos? because having a big heart requires that we open ourselves to the radical proposal of Love. i call it a proposal, because Love is an agreement we make with our hearts. and that doesn't mean it's always pretty. if it is not challenging us to go beyond ourselves, then it isn't love.

she has a lot of other amazing videos on youtube.

i hope you're well.

in love,
ge

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Maria Bamford - Dark

so, i know that i just blogged about Maria Bamford two days ago, but she is amazing. so i'm doing it again.

don't be afraid of the dark!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Northern Exposure - Physics Lesson

there's two things i love about this clip:

1. northern exposure
2. physics

who knew it would take science over two thousand years to agree with the buddha?
good work universe.

The Maria Bamford Show

i love this show. a lot. sometimes you just need to laugh, right?

you should probably do yourself a favor and watch the whole series on superdeluxe.com

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Keith Olberman - Prop 8, Marriage, and Love

well, it is pretty rare that i am moved to any emotion by a newscaster, let alone a powerful one. this made me get teary-eyed in the lilly library computer lab.

the issue of gay marriage is a complicated one, not because it is morally ambiguous, but because it is an issue that is at the heart of only one segment of the gay and lesbian population which tends to be economically secure, while the issues of working class, poor, and homeless LGBTQ people go untalked about in the dominant discourse.

that being said, the fact that gay and lesbian couples cannot marry in most states is, well, terrible. this is an incredibly beautiful plea from a man who says that he has nothing to gain from making this statement. but he does have something to gain: through speaking out against injustice that we ourselves do not feel, we wake up and begin to see each other again. we reclaim our inter-being, and therefore reclaim a part of ourselves that we have forgotten.

since all oppression is connected, all justice is too.

thanks keith olberman, for not losing your heart in a world that destroys many.

keep calling us out! i look forward to your future editorial on the plight of trans youth of color who make up an incredibly disproportionate number of the homeless population. keep going keith! keep going!

Friday, November 14, 2008

"The Mystic" - Stoil Vatev

i found this little gem searching on vimeo.com. do you folks know about this site? it is a really awesome complement to youtube, and i have my friend, kim, to thank for introducing it to me. the videos are of a higher quality, often created by professionals or at least very talented amateurs. they also have projects that you can do. it also tends to be more international.

what i love about this particular video is that it is magical realism on film. i often dream of fantastical and mystical things taking place in normal life: flowers under someone's hat, a door that leads to the cosmos, an inconspicuous prophet in an alley. all of these things are actually happening, though. we just don't recognize them when they are happening...

in love,
ge



The Mystic from stoil on Vimeo.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Reading Rainbow - Original Theme Song

reading rainbow! i used to watch this show all the time. what a wonderful idea: a tv show about books! it makes perfect sense!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

My Digital Year - Bracken James Batson

"Why don't you dance like a robot?"

OMG this is what i am talking about. what i particularly love about this video is...everything!

i miss kids, and seeing this little girl and her father in action reminds me why children are wonderful. would her father have danced like a robot if she hadn't asked him to? probably not, at least not in that moment. who could possibly resist dancing to that little drum beat?

*sigh*

why can't we all be like this for each other? co-creating, encouraging joy, being silly...i've been thinking a lot about how everything we love will be gone some day, but we must love what is fleeting and love with this understanding.

this moment is gone.

and this moment is gone too.

where is the possibility of joy for children whose needs are not met, whether by neglect, poverty, war, violence, oppression, etc.? i'm beginning to realize just how radical LOVE really is and that it asks to transform our lives, to love what dies, and to enter into creation.

you wanna dance like a robot?



My Digital Year (September 2008 - September 2009) from Bracken James Batson on Vimeo.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Buddha With 1000 Hands - China Disabled Peoples Performance Art Troupe

so...the first time i saw this video, i was still living in new york city. i was so inspired after watching it that i got on a train to manhattan with my guitar in hand, starry-eyed and blissful. it was 2:00am or so. i ended up in union square and sang to the night. eventually some folks came over to where i was sitting and listened for a while. after they left, i noticed that it was a full moon, and i decided to talk home, across the williamsburg bridge, with the moon as my guide.

i began crossing the bridge at dawn, and new york never seemed so beautiful and divine.

did i mention that everyone in this performance is deaf?

in love,
ge

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Improv Everywhere: Food Court Musical

improv everywhere is awesome. they do amazing stuff all over.

"Here! You can have a napkin!" Brilliant!

sometimes you just gotta shake things up a bit, you know?

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Eve Ensler - The Vagina Monologues

here is another wonderful TED talk.

eve ensler is awesome.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Washington D.C. on Election Night: The Possibilities of Communal Joy

this is it, folks. this is what communal joy looks like.

of course barack obama is not going to save the world. of course barack obama is not perfect. of course more work lies ahead.

but we gotta dance!!!! we gotta! how can we not?

the very fact that more struggle lies ahead necessitates that we celebrate now. that we shout. and sing. and hug. and chant. and love. and clap. and glimmer. and kiss.

because this night was not guaranteed. this victory was not inevitable.

let's let our souls shine. let's let our hearts go free! just look at all those people, sweet hearts! look at all those people!

let's sip this one slowly, friends. we must savor every little bit of sweetness we can....

in love,
ge







Tuesday, November 4, 2008

YES WE DID!!!!

i do not have anything profound to say right now. i am still in shock. perhaps, after the euphoria wears off, i'll have something intelligent to say.

i love you all. thank you to everyone who helped with the campaign.

everyone is beautiful.

let's do this thing...

"About the Dream" - Novice Theory on Jools Holland

so this post requires a little back story. Novice Theory is a band of one: Geo Wyeth. when i was twelve-years-old, i went to Quaker farm camp with Geo, and i had a HUGE crush on him. one time i visited him after camp, and he was the first person to introduce me to ani difranco.

he is so beautiful and brave and talented that it is shocking sometimes. going to a Novice Theory show is one of the most intimate musical experiences one could ever have. he doesn't just sing. he shouts. he yells. he swoops. he lifts. he sways. he saunters. he swaggers. he calls you out.

he sings from a place within himself that is almost indescribable.

and we kissed playing spin the bottle when i was 12...hee hee hee.

thank you for your gifts, geo. i hope you feel honored in your bravery.

Monday, November 3, 2008

"Under Pressure" - Queen and David Bowie

this song is so good and so important that i couldn't decide on my favorite youtube video to represent it.

the first is Queen performing it live shortly before Freddie Mercury's death. the second is David Bowie and Annie Lennox performing it at a Freddie Mercury benefit show shortly after his death.

this song is for us, in all of our beauty and struggle. with the election tomorrow and the current state of the world, this song is as important as ever.

thank you, freddie mercury. you are a star, literally and metaphorically!



Sunday, November 2, 2008

The Birth of the Universe - A Four-Minute Film by the History Channel

i don't need to say anything.

the universe speaks for itself.

[dedicated to agng, who is well aware of this]

in love,
elliogr

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Chris Abani - Telling Stories of our Shared Humanity

if you can get past the Nokia advertisement at the beginning, this 18-minute video is full of so many powerful, big heart moments. Chris Abani is an author from Nigeria, who i am actually not familiar with, but his mission statement is an important one: sharing stories of transcendence and humanity.

he's charming and sweet and so compassionate.

humbling. that's what this video is, humbling and miraculous.

yay TED talks!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

"What Was Said to the Rose" - Rumi (Read by Coleman Barks)

this is a simple video, just a gradual close-up on a rose.

but when these words wrap around my heart, i start to see more than the rose. i see my mother and my father. i see my heroes and sheroes, alejandra, carl, and stacie. i see my first love. i see my hardship and yours. i see my friends that i've known since grade school, and i see the woman working at the desk next to me. i see the universe and the heart. i see the rain and the earth.

but most of all, i see that rose unfurling, opening itself to the beckoning flirtations of the sun, sighing "ahhhh...." just under its breath.

this is where we live.

this is where we come from.

"We All Sing With the Same Voice"

BAM! back to back sesame street videos! UGH! a double-dose of positive messages for children!

BOOYAH!

but seriously folks, how do these kids lip sync so well? and to this day i cannot do a cartwheel... *sigh*

but that's alright, because i like to play the ukulele! we all have special gifts and talents! yay!

thanks to a sweet sweet special friend who sent me this last night. i know this video means a lot to her.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

What's Better: Stevie Wonder or Sesame Street?

trick question: stevie wonder ON sesame street

my friend jake first introduced me to this video. it has layers of wonderful.

first off, the kids on the fire escape. do you see that little girl? i have no doubt that she has attained enlightenment by now. she epitomizes the transcendent power of pop music.

second, imagine that you're just hanging out, and you're six years old, and you're just watching sesame street, eating cereal, and stevie wonder comes on the screen to rock your world for almost seven minutes. SEVEN MINUTES! they don't just play this song. they play it, rage on it, end it, and start it over again while stevie sings, "sesame street. sesame street. that's where i will be"! life-changing....

third, stevie wonder! that smile! that voice! those sweet funky riffs! what else can i say?

fourth, the song itself. besides the fact that it might be the funkiest riff of all time, i'm still trying to wrap my ahead around being a little kid and really listening to the words of "superstition." i mean, i don't know if i fully understand them. i think they have a deep meaning that can only be attained after several dharma talks and intense periods of meditation. here they are for your edification:

Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

When you believe in things that you dont understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin strong,
You dont wanna save me, sad is my song.

When you believe in things that you dont understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way, yeh, yeh.

Very superstitious, nothin more to say,
Very superstitious, the devils on his way,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past

When you believe in things that you dont understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way, no, no, no

at my current level of understanding, i think he's trying to say that we should not believe in things that hand over our Divinity, like curses, the devil, and bad luck. in truth, you are beautiful, and you belong here. it might be hard now, but your place in the universe is secure...

and its on sesame street for god sakes! there will surely be more from them on this site.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Dancing!

my dear friend, yvette sent this video out in an email update from geneva. her description of the video is a fine one:

"It gives me joyful goosebumps"

thanks, yvette. i miss you.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Dave End has a big 'ole heart

this is a music video that was made for dave end's song, "and by queen," off of his first album, "how to hold your own hand." the director's name is catherine please.

dave's music is self-described "queer cupcake-loving honesty pop."

thanks for saying what you need to, dave. and thank you for letting us listen in. as the great glen marla once said, "to know dave end, is to love dave end."

clamation dance party? i am so there...

"in order to fly, you've gotta have something to rise above.
and is it ok that you have to have hate to have self-love?"

beautiful words from a beautiful man.

check out dave's myspace: myspace.com/daveend
and support his music!

Amma, the Divine Mother

known as the "hugging saint," amma is beyond words...

the first video is the best introduction to her that i could find on youtube. the second video is a trailer to a documentary of her 50th birthday. amma hugs EVERYONE that comes to her. EVERYONE. the powerful, the weak, and all of us in between. we are all equal in her affection.

as far as i know, she's the real deal and living proof that a good hug is divine.

i hope that you're getting enough hugs.

at the camp i used to work at, we would say that people need at least 15 hugs a day for optimum health...how many have you had today?

amma is inside of all of us. at least, that's what i think.



"I'm ok to go."

say what you will about this movie, but this nine minute segment is beautiful. the only message is this: we are not alone. we never were. we never will be...

the images of the universe are also beautiful. its easy to forget that that is what it really looks like. and we live there, all the time, spiraling through infinite space.

and jodie foster sure can act. i believe her the whole time...

Yeasayer on Blogotheque: Part 1 and 2

these are the videos that started it all. the second video was perhaps the sole reason i was able to survive the new york winter. notice the faces of the people around yeasayer as they perform these songs, in the subway and in the apartment. the people in these videos truly transcend in these moments of drunken, joyful singing.

i also appreciate the insecurity that yeasayer expresses throughout both videos (on their way to the subway, walking up the stairs, singing by the piano). it's honest, and it's sooooo beautiful.

aren't we always humbled in the presence of the divine?

my partner and i ran into the drummer from yeasayer in bushwick, brooklyn, and we mentioned these videos to him. he thought that they didn't come out too well. we disagreed.

but whether you are a yeasayer enthusiast or a beginner, these videos show the hearts that these boys have inside of them. they have a commitment to communal joy...that's enough for me.

they make me want to shout, "watch out empire! we're coming for ya!"

who else is in?

ps i would do just about anything to be in the apartment in the second video...just look at those faces!

pps thank you blogotheque! there will surely be more of your videos on this site in no time. no one captures brooklyn indie music like you do...



This Life - Mystic

this is a gem that i found tonight and inspired me to start this blog. aside from the somewhat surprising profanity at the end, this video exemplifies a big heart...

Thanks, Mystic!

Welcome to Big Heart Videos!

hello friends!

this is the beginning of an ever-changing, ever-growing project that has been on my mind for a long time. i hope that you find it worthwhile.

first and foremost this blog will be a space for posting spiritually nurturing videos found on the internet, but it will also explore spirituality in a more general way, drawing on websites, articles, other bloggers, art, music, etc.

hopefully we will grow together throughout this project, finding a way to connect to the internet in a spiritual and radical way that breaks through our isolation from each other and from the divine.

PLEASE comment etc. as this blog continues to grow.

much love to all!

~ge