Incredible. In light of the things that so many others go through around the world, I have so little to complain about – shorts like these remind me of that. Have a good weekend folks!
“If you’re reading this, and you have a whole life ahead of you, please. Don’t procrastinate. Don’t leave your dreams for later. Relish in your energy, your passions. Don’t stay on the internet with all your spare time (unless your passion needs it). Please, do something with your life while your young. DO NOT settle down at 20. DO NOT forget your friends, your family. Yourself. Do NOT waste your life. Your ambitions. Like I did mine. Do not be like me.”
Really great post on Reddit picked up by Ebb Isaac, and passed over to me. Link for the entire read here.
I came across this short and thought it was only appropriate to post it, with this week being the 25th Anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Like I repeat time and time again, SN7 is all about the media that evokes emotion, tells a story, and does a good job of it. I’ve always found that if a company can understand that (and many companies have: Chipotle, Nike, Patagonia, etc.) then they’ll go farther with their customers than they ever could. In thinking about it this week, I realized there’s something about stories that people love and resonate with – and it’s been the core of Silo Number Seven since day 1.
For more information on the project above by Airbnb, check out Belong Anywhere.
| There comes a time in all of our lives when we let ourselves dream about living life on our own terms. When we wrestle with the decision to take a step into traffic, follow our passions and live deliberately – or simply let another day, and daydream, pass.
In the end, it doesn’t matter if we make the decision of our own accord, or life makes it for us. It’s where our heart and soul are that matter. For some, the result is a closer alignment between vocation and avocation, for some it’s a reprioritization of what’s important in life, for some it’s the very real difference between life and death.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Life on purpose makes a lot more sense than life that’s passive.
I can’t say it any better than the original caption of the video, so here you go:
| In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn’t become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we’ve ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.
We made this video, built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested.
Read the full speech here:
web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html
Back when I started this collection in May, I had a lot of doubts as to whether something like this would remain consistent. What initially came about as a storage place for all of the media that I’ve found inspiring, quickly turned into an exercise in discipline and 6 months later I’ve hit my 100th post. While not so much a huge feat, it’s important to me in that I’ve had the opportunity to seek and store inspiration at its finest. All of the content on this site undergoes a single test to find its place here, and that’s only that it is honest work that evokes some type of emotion. In my search across the internet each weekday, I look for media that resonates, is mostly positive, and leaves the viewer with something bigger and better than they had felt before viewing the content. As you can tell, a lot of that media is in the form of film and video, but I’m hoping the next 100 posts contain content that comes in a greater variety of form.
I honestly have no idea who frequents this site very often, but Google Analytics shows individuals from about 49 countries have made their way to this small corner of the internet (with Brazil coming in 2nd, I see you!). Again, in no way is that a huge feat or a brag of any kind, but mostly my way of saying thank you for stopping by. Take your shoes off, have a seat, pour yourself a drink, and kick your feet up. Feel free to stay as long as you like, there’s a lot of visual goodness here. Thanks again.
-Wes