No, this is not a depressed broken heart entry on how “this guy, Jon” is dealing with “the one that got away”, but rather a story about how last December when I was left with absolutely nothing and my world came to a crumbling fail… I suddenly had this absolute urge to re-create the good times in my life with the only person on this earth who has ever made me feel like I could spend the rest of my days growing old and happy together with. i wanted to tell the story of how the love of my life (whom had JUST left me) after 5 years of knowing each other and 9 solid months of absolute perfection came to be. I decided to do it with 27 hours, $100 worth of construction paper, bagged sand, sharpie markers, and a hot glue gun… all at 24 frames per second…
on December 22nd -25th of 2010, instead of resting my “Christmas Vacation Days” away, I was suddenly propelled to give my lover one last look at what my mind just could not let go. i wanted to physically re-create every last memory that we ever had and wouldn’t stop playing in a mind-piercing replay in the back of my head.
the entire concept came to fruition as i took a “cool-down joyride” along highway 85 in Atlanta, GA and listened, for the first time, to Ingrid Michaelson singing a beautiful duet with a male singer about how the two of them can fix everything and be together forevermore. all it takes is love…
this sparked devotion in me to show my Lover exactly what i envisioned as the song’s melodic and catchy lyrics flooded my car’s interior and fueled my creativity.
as an ex-musician, i’ve been able to interpret melody from a physical standpoint, which has always inspired me to take those clever licks and make them visual stimulants… hence the perfection of a cinematic experience. and hence the reason i love doing what i do… especially with good music.
anyway, needless to say, i loved her. and i loved what we had created together… so i made it visual. just a perfect example of how passion is what drives people like myself to do what we do.
also, “It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you are free to do anything”. - Tyler Durden. “Fight Club”
what about “she and i” as of today, you ask? well… that’s a wholleee ‘nother story that probably needs a tumblr of its own…
I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed making it; with absolute love, purity, and perfection. our little universe… in the form of construction paper.
(oh and uh… all events seen in this production based on a true story.)
-Jon
