Sep 25, 2022
the way the most recent episode of 180 degree longitude passes through us hit the nail on the head with the gay yearning to travel not for the the enjoyment of it all but in that search for meaning 🤌
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the way the most recent episode of 180 degree longitude passes through us hit the nail on the head with the gay yearning to travel not for the the enjoyment of it all but in that search for meaning 🤌
I've been trying to convince myself to make a big drive tomorrow to see a sibling's school sport event but I think the part of my brain saying "70 miles in one direction is a stupid length to drive when you probably won't even see much of them" is winning
all richard gansey iii does is yearn
I wish...
Sorry but my excitement for what is happening right now can't be contained in one sentence, so be prepared for a rant... What is happening with Invisible Children right now is one of the greatest things in the history of organizations trying to create good. You may call them nonprofits but that's a bullshit term, we are FOR-PURPOSE organizations- We don't exist to not profit, to force ourselves and our staffs to live in poverty, we exist to achieve a purpose and to make the world we leave behind better than the world we inherited. Any criticism of IC is wrong, think big picture and realize the cultural impact they've had in 48 hours is what brands spend hundreds of millions of dollars emulating, they hire agencies and PR and focus on "the consumer" to sell more stuff and that same ingenuity is being applied to a true purpose through #Kony2012 and it's changed the game. For a brief moment in history, people are going outside of their comfort zone and their normal routine to INSIST that others watch this film. I've been emailed, messaged and tweeted at hundreds of times in the last 48 hours to "WATCH THIS FILM", because it stirred something emotional in others that made them demand justice and has actually made it desirable to focus your energy on making the world better. Can you imagine if each person spent their time and energy on pursuing purpose over profit, or even reached for their own intersection of "profitable purpose"... Think of how alive you felt while watching the film, how riveted you were by 29 mins when everyone claims we only have a 2 min attention span... For the kids out there, seek a life that NEVER LET'S THAT FEELING GO... There's a new wave of people and organizations out there ( Invisible Children DoSomething charity: water Architecture for Humanity Falling Whistles I Am That Girl Fuck Cancer TWLOHA Pencils Of Promise)... Passionate, capable and driven by purpose above all else. #Kony2012 is just the start of our potential as a global, connected community to address the world's biggest problems. In our lifetime we can solve education, disease, water and beyond. We're living in a special moment. Remember this. Inhale life, and exhale your fire.
Adam Braun (Founder and Exec Director for Pencils Of Promise)
WOOOO! I'm so excited to see the future of non-profits moving towards "FOR-PURPOSE" mentalities. What an inspiring story Adam Braun has with his "for-purpose" organization "Pencils of Promise".
Adam Braun is a good friend of mine, and It's been an amazing pleasure to be a part of his organization, Pencils of Promise(I shoot all their imagery. Including the image on the screen of the girls running in this video). One of the fastest NGO's started within the last 5 years. If you don't know, they build schools for kids in the developing world.
I love this speech he gave on "For Purpose" at the Google Zeitgeist conference. It's the ideal that him and I connected about in our first meeting. Give this video a watch. It will lend a little inspiration.
Take these points of Profitable Purpose:
1. Find your revolution. Find what you love most. 2. Speak the language of the person you want to become. 3. Embrace the late sleepless nights. -work when people sleep 4. Seek out the impossible ones. Believe in the impossible. 5. GTS- Google That Shit
Images I've shot for Pencils of Promise: Laos: http://bit.ly/sIdpCm Guatemala: http://bit.ly/k1H4jb Nicaragua: http://bit.ly/aiptev