Welcome to Shots of Awe, a YouTube channel where filmmaker Jason Silva explores the wonder and beauty of life.
We were all children once, with heads full of wild imagination and curiosity of the world. Who says we have to forget that when we grow up?
Jason Silva blends breath-taking cinematography with deep philosophical discussions to create Shots of Awe. These short videos whisk us away to the rapturous supernovas of stars all the way to a single blade of grass. In the image above, the eye is filled with galaxies, embodying the boundless brilliance that exists within us and also far, far away.
I will share my three personal favourites, but certainly each of his videos is a masterpiece in of itself.
Prepare to be inspired.
Awe
Awe – an experience of such perceptual vastness you literally have to reconfigure your mental models of the world to assimilate it.
Nonconformity and the Creative Life
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music”
-Nietzsche
Existential Bummer
Transience – the state or fact of lasting only a short time
What now?
We all need a shot of awe from time-to-time, to remind us of how amazing our world is. In our increasingly busy lives, we can often forget the small joys and memories that makes it precious. We all have the potential to be great if we put our minds to what we love – perhaps all we need is that push, that inspiration. All of us will eventually reach the same destination, so what’s left is to enjoy the journey. Never forget your sense of wonder and imagination because those are a splash of color in our black and white lives.
I strongly encourage that you share these videos with others. I also recommend you explore the other amazing works by Shots of Awe and get to know the man behind it.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ShotsOfAwe/videos
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jasonsilva
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