The philosopher, Walter Benjamin said that only when we lose ourselves are we fully present, and to be fully present is to be capable of being, in uncertainty and mystery.
The art of knowing how to get lost involves daring to go beyond the boundaries that contain you and explore the unknown. To escape for a day from the safe path and enter the unforeseen.
And it doesn't mean that you need to wander into a forest on your own, without a map or GPS. There are many simple ways to get lost — reading an engrossing book, engaging in a conversation about a topic you don’t know much about, or just trying a new meal in a restaurant that is outside of your usual.
Feeling lost can be a gift — if you only choose to look at it this way. It’s a state that presents opportunities you can’t see when you live your life according to a predictable schedule. It involves opening yourself up to the uncertain and the new. It stimulates your imagination and gives you new perspectives.
Let's all go out and get more lost.
Filmed in Singapore.
Featuring Kelly Limerick (Website http://www.kllylmrck.com/artist; Insta @kllylmrck)
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Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth – that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.
Filming by Michael Raimondo
Editing by Justine du Toit
Sound mix by Tamryn Breakey
This video was produced in collaboration with The Everyday People, an online publication that shares inspiring stories of those living in Singapore. It is part of their ongoing video series "A Singapore Story".
Music sourced from ArtList https://bit.ly/2KfrAt2
IchinoTani by idokay
Pappa by mee
Regretting by Alon Peretz
Still by Risian
Circles by Okaya
Textures by Okaya
Kabuki by Yehezkel Raz
Spring River Flower Moon Night by Annie Zhou
Shi ga futari o wakatsu made Till Death Do Us Part by idokay
A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Bulgarian by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) by ShunYing Lu
Croatian by Davor Bobanac
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Vicky Polychroni
Hungarian by Zorka Evetovics
Indonesian by Ary Nuansa
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Macedonian by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Malay by Arman Shah
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Romanian by Anca Zaharia
Russian by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish by Emanuel Mori
Vietnamese by Thi Le