Hey Guys.
We’ve been home from Australia for a few weeks now. There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t think of it. The people and the place. We were there for Soundwave Festival, and with that, we were there for countless conversations.
The video below doesn’t do the trip justice. There are no interviews and you don’t get to hear any of the stories. You can’t see the smoke from the fires or the courage in the faces. We had hoped to go spend time with people who lost everything in Victoria, but the weather cancelled our plans. We had hoped to connect with Dustin Miller – he was going to film interviews for us – but that didn’t happen either.
Part of me was frustrated – this amazing trip but very little to show for it. But we did have a handheld camera with us, and when we weren’t having conversations at the table, we were doing our best to stand inside the songs. We watched our friends in Underoath and Anberlin play some of the biggest shows of their lives. It’s hard to explain what was happening in those moments. It was something alive.
Every person in every sea of people is also a story and every story matters. There are things worth screaming about. There are songs worth singing. Other places exist and people live there and they are priceless just like you.
Enjoy the video.
Peace to you.
jamie
Australia. from To Write Love on Her Arms. on Vimeo.