The Madness of Creativity - Charlie Kaufman On Facing Your True Self

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Charlie Kaufman is a screenwriter and film director who has accomplished an incredibly difficult feat of finding mainstream success by challenging mainstream Hollywood protocol and structure. In this video, we look at how Kaufman explores the challenges of existence and creativity through creativity itself.
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Charlie Kaufman films featured:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
Synecdoche, New York
Adaptation
Anomalisa

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  • @HumansOfVR
    @HumansOfVR5 жыл бұрын

    “You are what you love, not what loves you. ” ― *_Charlie Kaufman_*

  • @SingleAsSun

    @SingleAsSun

    5 жыл бұрын

    This quote is shit. So according to this you should hate black people too stay white. Or you should hate poor too stay rich. No way man

  • @wrestlingconnoisseur

    @wrestlingconnoisseur

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SingleAsSun You clearly don't understand the meaning of the phrase.

  • @SingleAsSun

    @SingleAsSun

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@wrestlingconnoisseur then tell me

  • @wrestlingconnoisseur

    @wrestlingconnoisseur

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SingleAsSun If I just gave you all the answers, it wouldn't be helping you.

  • @groob33

    @groob33

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SingleAsSun You are so far off base on this. Where did you see the word hate in this quote? It doesn't say anything about hating anything. I think you might be projecting your racism.

  • @osse1n
    @osse1n5 жыл бұрын

    *Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes* *Art is knowing which ones to keep*

  • @3cs449

    @3cs449

    5 жыл бұрын

    I write a lot of your quotes down when I see you comment on awakening videos. They help a lot. Thank you.

  • @SusannaSaunders

    @SusannaSaunders

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are all worth keeping, it's which ones are worth developing, that is art...

  • @osse1n

    @osse1n

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@3cs449 You are appreciated. Hit me up if you want to elaborate on something.

  • @jamesrodriguez2575

    @jamesrodriguez2575

    5 жыл бұрын

    even the ones you think are just mistakes and isn't enough for you to be called art, can be the greatest art for someone else.. art is subjective

  • @jamesrodriguez2575

    @jamesrodriguez2575

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@3cs449 there's a quote I read somewhere that says "there is no good or bad art, only judgement" and that changed the way I perceive art ever since

  • @TimeWatch5
    @TimeWatch54 жыл бұрын

    Gotta watch this once in a while so I know I'm not crazy

  • @lukejo7994

    @lukejo7994

    3 жыл бұрын

    well...ill b back 2... ur not alone

  • @iainmackenzieUK

    @iainmackenzieUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    or, at least, a good kinda crazy

  • @timluther3431

    @timluther3431

    3 жыл бұрын

    you wouldn't know if you were 'really crazy'

  • @RhitaNattah

    @RhitaNattah

    3 жыл бұрын

    SAME

  • @M419.99

    @M419.99

    3 жыл бұрын

    Samesie buddy!

  • @gabigabgub
    @gabigabgub4 жыл бұрын

    That was comforting. It felt like a hug.

  • @9gaggersunite891

    @9gaggersunite891

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Internet hug*

  • @christienamosley2799

    @christienamosley2799

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤗🤗🤗

  • @ethanbainbridge1333

    @ethanbainbridge1333

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!!

  • @mmmcat3895

    @mmmcat3895

    4 жыл бұрын

    I read this as “That was uncomfortable. It felt like a hug.”😗

  • @FacultyOfRationality

    @FacultyOfRationality

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well said.

  • @yrantiquebrand
    @yrantiquebrand5 жыл бұрын

    This is some red pill level shit. I'm pretty sure that I knew these things subconsciously, but I couldn't have described it as clearly as you. Great work, man.

  • @keristevenson2757

    @keristevenson2757

    5 жыл бұрын

    I just started with the Gaia channel, and this kind of thing is definitely right up there with the omg factor. This is what I am about right now. Finding content like this. Loved it!

  • @arnold-pdev

    @arnold-pdev

    5 жыл бұрын

    My advice, actually watch Adaptation and Synecdoche. If this was reassuring, those will be several magnitudes more reassuring.

  • @yrantiquebrand

    @yrantiquebrand

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks yall! Now I have more to watch in case I feel like binge watching KZread videos, lol

  • @user-vm1xm1ch7p

    @user-vm1xm1ch7p

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think we are one brain, all of us We are different by our place and traditions and things but if we would be all in one room we're very similar

  • @lth9520

    @lth9520

    4 жыл бұрын

    Take the dark red pill

  • @zodiac5375
    @zodiac53754 жыл бұрын

    I think I’ve almost cried several times watching many of theses videos because they’ve reinforced what I’ve already thought. They’ve all helped me realize the certainty of uncertainty and how that should enrich your life.

  • @lth9520

    @lth9520

    4 жыл бұрын

    @E A You my friend knows the art of super chill

  • @kohibeans5139
    @kohibeans51395 жыл бұрын

    And here I was, thinking to myself that I was one of the lesser population with this train of thought, turns out I was but one in many and this somehow comforts me. Thank you

  • @putyograsseson

    @putyograsseson

    5 жыл бұрын

    always remember for the rest of your life: you are never truly alone with your feelings!

  • @arnold-pdev

    @arnold-pdev

    5 жыл бұрын

    Watch Synecdoche, NY and Adaptation. This video essay is completely pointless if you just watch those films, which say way more than a surface-level video essay ever could.

  • @Stoney-Jacksman

    @Stoney-Jacksman

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nuance..this is just a fragment of the larger or narrower paradigms that come with this kind of thinking/being. Yes there are some with same thoughts and even this on a general level is only done by the minority of people..or reached.There are levels to this shit. People like to assume most people are this way for own comfort, and if you dont you are pushed in the 'arrogant' corner. Which is ridiculous since it is a lonely place if you are on a certain level of consciousness/intelligence and especially with no outlet or being restricted at the same time due to whatever. (illness, barriers, underprivileged etc) Also I agree with Arnold. And to me just knowing how few people even seen Synecdoche and those that truly love it with sincerity and not for trying to be 'cool' or look smart (which fails) ie a small fragment of the (western) world, says something. Of course in combination of meeting and talking to people my whole life.. There are levels in life..in all sorts of things. And the truly sincere, the intelligent, the truly sensitive..are a small minority in a world filled with scared sheep.

  • @nickmagrick7702

    @nickmagrick7702

    5 жыл бұрын

    no no, your still a minority

  • @nickmagrick7702

    @nickmagrick7702

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@arnold-pdev this doesn't seem just surface level to me

  • @theeunuchman5819
    @theeunuchman58195 жыл бұрын

    It's weird because I've been struggling to find the answer to a lot of things and today's my birthday, also the upload date of this video, and this feels like a gift of answers.

  • @marianflorea7724

    @marianflorea7724

    5 жыл бұрын

    Happy birthday !

  • @theeunuchman5819

    @theeunuchman5819

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@marianflorea7724 thank you

  • @FDLClanOfficial449

    @FDLClanOfficial449

    5 жыл бұрын

    Happy birthday bro

  • @theeunuchman5819

    @theeunuchman5819

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jagrati Bansal thanks man

  • @theeunuchman5819

    @theeunuchman5819

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@FDLClanOfficial449 thanks :)

  • @aldiergreen
    @aldiergreen5 жыл бұрын

    This reminded me this poem: "Autopsychography" Poets pretend They pretend so well They even pretend They suffer what they suffer. But their readers feel Nor the pain that pretends Nor the pain that is But only their own that isn't real. And so upon toy rails Circling reason like an art Runs round the model train That's known by the name of heart. Fernando Pessoa

  • @omnivale1803

    @omnivale1803

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had a stroke trying to,read this

  • @bulletsfordinner8307

    @bulletsfordinner8307

    5 жыл бұрын

    So podia ser Fernando Pessoa. Aconselho a ler o livro do Desassossego. Amazing book.

  • @nobodyspecial2835

    @nobodyspecial2835

    5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @Ringleader17

    @Ringleader17

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't get it :|

  • @xuxu3703

    @xuxu3703

    4 жыл бұрын

    💗

  • @maggie0285
    @maggie02855 жыл бұрын

    Just always be loving to yourself. That's the best I can do. I took a risk and shared my personal struggle with people who only knew me on the surface. They saw me at my worst and in the end they decided to reject me anyway. If anyone judges you let me tell you that they are just scared. Scared because you had the guts to be honest, scared because they can relate. We all suffer the same. Some just use all their energy hiding their dark parts.

  • @Kalo953

    @Kalo953

    5 жыл бұрын

    Similar happened to me. When i lost my health, most people left me alone to deal with my health issues. It is terrible.

  • @Cineraria99

    @Cineraria99

    5 жыл бұрын

    Angela l I love you ❤🙂🤗

  • @eboranshard6220

    @eboranshard6220

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very powerful words from a person that has a life of experience and wisdom thank you !

  • @bulletsfordinner8307

    @bulletsfordinner8307

    5 жыл бұрын

    Angela. Those people don't matter. They don't really care about you and will soon forget what you told them because people are too self absorbed. I would rather share with people I'm familiar with and that actually know me on good and bad days. But I understand the happiness of sharing something very special when we're feeling excited. Oh well share away. Just don't let them pay rent in your head because I'm pretty sure they aren't thinking of you in the next five minutes.

  • @eboranshard6220

    @eboranshard6220

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bulletsfordinner8307 We humans when not able to find people that care will share the deepest feeelings with the first person that shows a little feeling towards us ! The mind can not contain such burden for long and will seek in anyway to get it out and alot of times ends up with us sharing feelings with the wrong people !

  • @light2519
    @light25194 жыл бұрын

    Be as real and true to yourself as you can be. When one day your mask fails you and you get caught out, it could hurt you in ways you're not ready to deal with. Being authentic means you can rest knowing you're not a fake people pleaser. Talking from experience big time

  • @derausmpark

    @derausmpark

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank your for that comment. It was what I really needed ro read or here today. I hope you're doing good!

  • @Linkopotamus

    @Linkopotamus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Having no resistance to life creates no resistance in life

  • @al-fl7rn
    @al-fl7rn5 жыл бұрын

    Time to watch this video at 4am...

  • @chlorine5795

    @chlorine5795

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey , 2 28 Am here godspeed

  • @kanikasharma8383

    @kanikasharma8383

    5 жыл бұрын

    Literally what happened

  • @throughthelens8461

    @throughthelens8461

    5 жыл бұрын

    04:44 here for me

  • @MattFoleysGhost

    @MattFoleysGhost

    5 жыл бұрын

    3:31am checking in...

  • @davidsirmons

    @davidsirmons

    5 жыл бұрын

    is it safe to assume you didn't sleep that night?

  • @thomaswalker4806
    @thomaswalker48064 жыл бұрын

    A song from George Harrison that fits the topic: It's easier to tell a lie than it is to tell the truth It's easier to kill a fly than it is to turn it loose It's easier to criticize somebody else Than to see yourself It's easier to give a sigh and be like all the rest Who stand around and crucify you while you do your best It's easier to see the books upon the shelf Than to see yourself It's easier to hurt someone and make them cry Than it is to dry their eyes I got tired of fooling around with other people's lies Rather I'd find someone that's true It's easier to say you won't than it is to feel you can It's easier to drag your feet than it is to be a man It's easier to look at someone eles's wealth Than to see yourself

  • @bellebenson205

    @bellebenson205

    3 жыл бұрын

    BRILLIANT! Thank you so much for sharing this. I've just sat and written this (song) into my art diary/sketchbook. Warmth and appreciation to you xxx

  • @jonathanbyron4785
    @jonathanbyron47854 жыл бұрын

    “We spend so much of our life trying to strive and exist as the best versions of ourself in the minds of other people, thus we can easily become lost or in a strange state of confusion of who we really are or who people really are.” wonderful :)

  • @keanucooper2103

    @keanucooper2103

    4 жыл бұрын

    I feel that way every day. Confused and wondering why I am the way I am.

  • @Allplussomeminus
    @Allplussomeminus5 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking about how creative people are more likely to go insane yesterday... And. Now this video shows up.

  • @pencilbobby761

    @pencilbobby761

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oof

  • @shinjitobe8297

    @shinjitobe8297

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pencilbobby Zyne Similar thing happened to me. I was reading. Cage of eden. And one chapter it referenced Area 51. Now all my youtuber are referencing Area 51.

  • @arnold-pdev

    @arnold-pdev

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@shinjitobe8297 You can probably thank Netflix for that, the nexus of the hivemind.

  • @chad4452

    @chad4452

    5 жыл бұрын

    People rarely use there imaginations. Can’t think of that product, google it. Not even sure if people day dream anymore. I’m a creative, it runs through my veins, and it seems the older I get the crazier the world seems. Everything is black and white; no grey areas. It’s the age old question, am I crazy or is everyone else crazy? What is normal? Pretending that everything is fine? Ignoring the dark side of the human experience by purchasing a new phone? Distractions.

  • @Allplussomeminus

    @Allplussomeminus

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@chad4452 Chad. We need to become friends.

  • @carlichristina
    @carlichristina5 жыл бұрын

    Seriously needed this for my creativity block I've been having recently.

  • @eboranshard6220

    @eboranshard6220

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its weird hey when all of a sudden one just gets stuck start to think to your self if it was just a pure chance of luck that you had such good ideas well thats how I feel in any case.

  • @kevincataneoeww2522

    @kevincataneoeww2522

    4 жыл бұрын

    Watch butterfly effect

  • @samahamara8543
    @samahamara85434 жыл бұрын

    Really really good. All praise, I'm going through narc abuse since I was born ..I may never get out , I may not get a safe chance out ...I'm doing my thesis this summer while locked in my room without food in my parents house ...and I needed this. Thank you !!!

  • @joskun
    @joskun5 жыл бұрын

    That was amazing. Now I have a few movies to watch. Thank you 🙂

  • @SpursCCXIV

    @SpursCCXIV

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jim Carrey 1st...

  • @chloecohn2335

    @chloecohn2335

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh you’re in for it with synecdoche New York

  • @evitacouffaine5864
    @evitacouffaine58643 жыл бұрын

    this video helped me to start overcoming the fear of being myself

  • @HumansOfVR
    @HumansOfVR5 жыл бұрын

    I'm always *_excited_* for your videos!

  • @kobykobykobyk

    @kobykobykobyk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Life Progress - ideas for a better life TV stg

  • @thekmfdmmachine3919
    @thekmfdmmachine39195 жыл бұрын

    ESOTSM is in my most favorite movies of all time. Its so underrated. A real Gem

  • @logicn.reasoning9744

    @logicn.reasoning9744

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here!

  • @Taguymcfly
    @Taguymcfly3 жыл бұрын

    may I just say. as I'm going through my teenage years. I've dealt with alot of pain struggle and poverty growing up. And I've also delved myself deep into existentialism but your videos. they give me insight like no other person can give. I truly find immense meaning in your videos and I thank you for making the videos you do. They truly are life lessons, thank you pursuit of wonder:)

  • @withwilk7473
    @withwilk74734 жыл бұрын

    A poem for this topic, Just one of many people Thoughts half empty, are plenty Choose pathways as a cerebral Deep thinker, sinking in gentry Chosen one, it seems so glum My ambition to escape to freedom Hacking life you see, in times of need Yes filled with greed, to be someone My long to be earnest, dissipates in feeling worthless The more I grasp the less I own The more I steal the less I know

  • @withwilk7473

    @withwilk7473

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Ty Bg Yes I wrote this Haha. I write a lot, poems, songs, short stories. Thanks!

  • @dudeurfugly5653

    @dudeurfugly5653

    4 жыл бұрын

    The last two lines are interesting

  • @beafraidofinsectattack

    @beafraidofinsectattack

    4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @editelh
    @editelh4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome essay about Charlie Kaufman. His maddening simple thoughts and yet fleeting obviousness of being make perfect sense, and fit beautifully in the current spaces of my being.

  • @coolhomerjack
    @coolhomerjack5 жыл бұрын

    This video legitimately changed my life right now. The classic "ah-ha" moment. Thank you for this.

  • @user-wj8we1cz6u

    @user-wj8we1cz6u

    5 жыл бұрын

    ethan.exe couldn’t agree more

  • @nanasshi0711

    @nanasshi0711

    4 жыл бұрын

    epiphany

  • @joieskai991
    @joieskai9915 жыл бұрын

    Weirdest thing - I was explaining my life and my artistry in this exact way through the depths of my self reflection upon detrimental feelings of misidentification this exact morning only to stumble upon this video this evening

  • @notyourgirlfriend4647

    @notyourgirlfriend4647

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have had many "coincidental" occurrences here recently similar to your experience. 🤷🏼‍♀️🖤

  • @NickRossi

    @NickRossi

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've been recently doing some deep personal work, and misidentification was a huge wall in my path of creativity that I didn't even know was there.

  • @dudewatchesdiysandhowtos8268

    @dudewatchesdiysandhowtos8268

    4 жыл бұрын

    No such thing as coincidences - it's in the word. Unless Google/Siri/Cortana was listening to you. They'll do that.

  • @Linkopotamus

    @Linkopotamus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like energy attracts like energy. The mind is a physical part of the universe, just like magnets, electrons, etc. The wavelengths your mind tunes to attracts similar harmonies of the external world, naturally. This we call coincidence. I call it the synchronized internal/external continuum we exist in.

  • @timluther3431

    @timluther3431

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Linkopotamus easy now---- probably enough shrooms for this year

  • @FlockofSmeagles
    @FlockofSmeagles4 жыл бұрын

    "share ourself with complete vulnerability and authenticity." That is what you call being honest. Telling the truth, your truth, in the face of even the worst of circumstances. This does not mean to self doubt in the face of what others think. That's an illusion. It also doesn't mean that your truth must always be right. That's your ego. It just means that no matter the consequence. You are willing to be exactly what you are. Good and bad, right or wrong. Honesty, is the key that opens the door to fulfillment. Don't get me wrong. It's not easy being honest. But, if you stay true. You'll find people who appreciate that in you, and the people who don't will dissolve away.

  • @thewhizkid3937

    @thewhizkid3937

    4 жыл бұрын

    But honesty is truth 👍🏿

  • @DrewGunby
    @DrewGunby4 жыл бұрын

    This channel has had such a deep and meaningful impact on myself. Thank you. I dream of sharing these messages with the world!

  • @psychologicalsuccess3476
    @psychologicalsuccess34765 жыл бұрын

    I stopped caring about being ‘functional’ in the ego game.

  • @zedrico8577
    @zedrico85775 жыл бұрын

    I really like how you handle sponsors

  • @bindakawhoon4848
    @bindakawhoon48484 жыл бұрын

    I'll need to keep rewatching this from time to time

  • @somon90
    @somon904 жыл бұрын

    "Through the creative process and perhaps in many other aspects of our daily life. It can be found that in order to do anything novel or earnest we must risk having our deepest and most vulnerable qualities be rejected. We must risk sounding dumb, acting weird, bring wrong, or feeling bad. We must risk all of this in order to ever share anything real about ourself and avoid living and dying without the world ever really seeing who we are"

  • @justinstrange5945
    @justinstrange59455 жыл бұрын

    I fully support that you decided to support the support of others supporting this channel as long didn't go against supporting what this channel supports.

  • @ryanhutch4097
    @ryanhutch40975 жыл бұрын

    This is the level of introspection that I’ve been searching for ❤️

  • @JeremyHolmes
    @JeremyHolmes4 жыл бұрын

    I went through this between ages 25 and 27. I called it my "mirror phase" because I spent hours confronting myself via an actual mirror. I guess all those years growing up watching"The Neverending Story" planted a seed... looking at you Oracle #2. I can't explain the visceral struggle of looking into your own eyes for long periods of time. It was almost always hard and always work so if you try this be prepared and I encourage baby steps. I confronted much and defined much of who i am today however.... if we're honest with ourselves life demands that this type of work be revisited as the journey continues. I again find myself in need of this work but this time my shadow is almost completely in check so I'm excited to see what I see. I have lost my way in some respects though and this is why I'm returning to the mirror. I'm trying to walk with the sage, conquer ego death, however you want to phrase it but doing that while not getting bogged down by the responsibilities in this world can be tricky. Good luck and good health to you all. Thank you for this video. You gave me an idea to try something in a group setting involving sharing hard truth with others. I've done this and it's frightening but it really is freeing especially if the others understand and accept you..... no promises there though. Live a life of peace and love forevermore....

  • @spacetimewarp2148
    @spacetimewarp21483 жыл бұрын

    To Charlie Kaufman , ADAPTATION has hit me with a great wave of positivity. It means a lot to me.i am also quite pleased to find it loved by critics whom I admire... I am experiencing a curious ongoing strong force of Inspiration !! It's sort of reminding me of the early days of the early scientists discovery of or realization of nuclear fission because surprisingly it has been setting off a chain reaction inside my psyche'... Thank you courageous intelligent Charlie Kaufman . I love your work ::: cheers!!! Be well ; do please keep on keepin' on !!! Carl Aserio 11/20/2o2o.

  • @obilim2155
    @obilim21554 жыл бұрын

    Have people ever told you you're the "nice one"? Or even describe you as something like smart, funny, confident (the funny one, the smart one) etc.? Most people think I'm nice, but the more they say it the more it feels like a poor act. I dont really know if I'm being sincere honestly, sometimes I get tired of being this way, but it's what I'm known for and I feel like people like me the way I am. Idk honestly why people assume I'm nice even when they dont really know me or when I've never done an act of kindness for them ever, just being polite and smiling seems to make everyone jump to conclusions I guess. I think it's so true that everyone seems to be defined or simplified by character traits. And when they act "out of character" people think its wierd, or unlikable, but sometimes cool

  • @hatter5834

    @hatter5834

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea, I know people naturally gravitate towards characterization and grouping but I do hate when people do that. When people define you as the "smart" one or the "pretty" one or whatever general idea we consider compliments, we end up trapping people in that idea. People are then trying to best capture it or disprove it. If they don't capture it, they feel like shams even when they never perpetuated it. If people don't like it, they feel like they can never convince people otherwise. Either ways, they are stuck in a box they can never really escape from.

  • @ArcadianArt

    @ArcadianArt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well that comes down to character and like most of our traits, it’s habitual. Why is that so complex to you? Some characteristics are defined by genetics and others learnt.

  • @brannockbreakdowns7949
    @brannockbreakdowns79495 жыл бұрын

    This was a good video, I hope to one day become an author. And everyday I worry about failing. The Pursuit of Wonder has helped me realize it's not about how people see me, but to make a mark for the betterment of everyone.

  • @davidmonroy2509

    @davidmonroy2509

    5 жыл бұрын

    Create, you infinitely beautiful being.

  • @jaredhonusankrom

    @jaredhonusankrom

    4 жыл бұрын

    don't become an author one day, become one right now

  • @embroideredragdoll
    @embroideredragdoll4 жыл бұрын

    Do take what I have to say with a grain of salt for I am in an inebriated state. But I have dealt with these personality crisises since I was fifteen and to finally learn that I’m alone and to learn that a person with a job I mostly sought after I feel more comfortable in the fact that I’m not too certain on who I am but I hope to have the same mindset of being myself even when it is considered the same way as described in the video. I’m just glad that I’m not alone.

  • @mypointofview3782
    @mypointofview37824 жыл бұрын

    The writer of the scripts for these videos is a poet and the narrator is a magnificent speaker.

  • @lonleyicecream
    @lonleyicecream5 жыл бұрын

    This video is awesome, thanks man. Sponsored videos are good as long as it helps you making more.

  • @mikefelber5129
    @mikefelber51295 жыл бұрын

    These videos are damn near coming close to being life changing, I mean- A LOT of your videos are really hitting hard and 'sploding my brain with things making sense. Thank you good sir and keep on rockin!!

  • @juxtaposer.
    @juxtaposer.5 жыл бұрын

    Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for the creation.

  • @BrendenNichols
    @BrendenNichols3 жыл бұрын

    Find your true self. The one that allows itself to be vulnerable around others. The one that can admit to wrongs and express themselves freely, without omitting essential information. The one that can be sincere, truthful, emotional, and insecure. The one that reveals all of your inherent flaws. The one that understands they're not perfect nor special, just another human like everyone else. The one that can see all sides and perspectives of others. The one that is willing to listen and take criticism. The one that is living each day to improve upon themselves as best as possible.

  • @redsgrave2003
    @redsgrave20035 жыл бұрын

    I needed this. Thank you.

  • @imb4dm4n66
    @imb4dm4n665 жыл бұрын

    Man ! Ur videos always makes me happy/sad at the same time, love it!

  • @shizzle1903

    @shizzle1903

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm B4dM4n same

  • @egidijuskalasunas8788
    @egidijuskalasunas87883 жыл бұрын

    This is an amazing video, thank you. I got stuck in a time loop for a long time, where depressed I realized, that I struggle with motivation and creativity because I'm not really trying to engage myself but someone else. And you need to try being yourself, in your medium and in your life. And now I'm watching this video, that truly resonates in the same level, bit of coincidence.

  • @jbear3478

    @jbear3478

    10 ай бұрын

    "not trying to engage myself but someone else" .... I think you just changed my life

  • @patrickkan999
    @patrickkan9994 жыл бұрын

    I shed a tear watching this. Being in quarantine has kind of put a pause to the noise in my life which was a result of a conscious decision of picking up a healthy routine which led to me not feeling lost and feeling like the days are just all connected and neverending. I practice meditation and it has led me to think close to something like this. Im glad I watched this video. Being alive feels great. I feel awake.

  • @NTSTS0
    @NTSTS05 жыл бұрын

    We found this video to be an inspirational poem. Thank you for creating it.

  • @paladinrose
    @paladinrose5 жыл бұрын

    This was a great video! I disagree with most of it. I don't hold to there BEING a true self. We can't even make bold claims like, "We're in a constant state of change" because sometimes, we're NOT changing. Sometimes changing, sometimes not. Sometimes true, sometimes not. There isn't really any 'one' true self. Just the self of the moment. I think the larger implications behind the question "who am I?" have gotten in the way of asking "Why is it important to know who I am?" And I don't know that it is important, personally.

  • @ethanchen5278
    @ethanchen52783 жыл бұрын

    I cannot stop watching this one, I have been watching all the other videos by this Channel. This is the one!! I just cannot stop

  • @Loanarn
    @Loanarn5 жыл бұрын

    The consistency and quality of your videos is astounding. Became a Paetron today. Please never stop making your videos. They reach and help so many people. Thank you.

  • @GadgetViper
    @GadgetViper5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing piece of content. I Really enjoy your writing, thank you.

  • @KarlParish
    @KarlParish5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! Best subject to explore!! Thank you ...Also, Love Kaufman's work!! x

  • @Ang3l_dwg
    @Ang3l_dwg4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for dragging everyone out the cave, many that make it out never bother to go back and save others. Its clear that you truly care about us and for that I’d like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are doing so so much, priceless. Keep it up !

  • @euanelliott3613
    @euanelliott36134 жыл бұрын

    The curse of every artist is to be loved by millions for what you do. But not for who you are. Euan Elliott 2019.

  • @soulgainzfreendly1206
    @soulgainzfreendly12065 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I wish I could manifest everything as I have in my head. Sometimes I vizualize Picasso like painting but when I actually try to recreate it I have few handicapped doodles :D

  • @hoodiematt1826
    @hoodiematt18265 жыл бұрын

    Great video man. You seem to know who you are, so that allows you to speak truth

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    I bet he still doesn't know, but the answer is also that you'll never know. We're always changing.

  • @hoodiematt1826

    @hoodiematt1826

    5 жыл бұрын

    He’s able to write down these scripts for all of these videos. Not a lot of people have an understanding of the world we live in. What do you even mean, guy?

  • @hoodiematt1826

    @hoodiematt1826

    5 жыл бұрын

    And yes we are always changing, but he knows who he is now. So that’s irrelevant

  • @goatedchild6345

    @goatedchild6345

    4 жыл бұрын

    I believe you must speak truth to get to know who you are. The only possible thing that stops your from speaking truth is Yourself so if you don’t speak truth first you won’t obtain who you are. 1st Truth 2nd find self truthfully.

  • @omaraellosiii8171
    @omaraellosiii81715 жыл бұрын

    Your channel is one of those channels that always makes videos that relate to exactly what I need. Thank you so much for your dedication and your brilliance to create videos off of your concepts and thoughts to reach us.

  • @naveengwalia7059
    @naveengwalia70594 жыл бұрын

    This was the most real thing I ever heard. This man and his philosophy is great. Wow...I am in need of words,good damn words.

  • @GoldenNorway1
    @GoldenNorway15 жыл бұрын

    You don't know who you truly are, until the moment before your death. The end is the only time you can be the true you, without any consequences.

  • @cathyUtube1

    @cathyUtube1

    5 жыл бұрын

    or not.

  • @rastykatze
    @rastykatze5 жыл бұрын

    Just remembered a quote from Guren Lagan : "Don't believe in yourself! Don't believe in me! Just belive in me who believes in you!"

  • @pithikoulis

    @pithikoulis

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have a better one: "Don't believe anything. Use your brain"

  • @rastykatze

    @rastykatze

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@pithikoulis Everyone got believes. You're not able to live without them. Your belief seems to be that people who believe and trust others do so out of stupidity. Or you simply belief is, that trolling on the internet will make you feel better, which in fact it may for a short time. But every now and then you'll get an answer that will annoy you so much, that you'll feel the urge to post yet another troll comment. Can't wait to hear it :)

  • @pithikoulis

    @pithikoulis

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rastykatze believing is for stupid people.. it's a fact - since its only prerequisite is to take something for granted without evidence. And all these people preaching such quotes, sound to me like the same people who preach the bible. And that's what I have an issue with.. I want people to use their brains and not use vague quotes that don't mean anything concrete.

  • @seandokmarupok6683
    @seandokmarupok66834 жыл бұрын

    Every time I watch any vid from this channel. IT ALWAYS LEAVES A MARK ON ME MENTALLY, INSPIRING ME, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU.

  • @theleagueofshadows100
    @theleagueofshadows1004 жыл бұрын

    I can completely and almost with ease even understand everything I hear you say when you speak it throughout these videos. There is a sort of magic in the way you tell a story or explain things in that the mental picture is formed clearly and as quickly as it is heard or even said. This I find is often rare with many narrators as I can’t always keep up or I end up thinking faster than they speak. I enjoy just being able to ride along and watch the magic happen. Anyway thanks man. You rock sir 👍🏼✌🏼

  • @67lindyloo99
    @67lindyloo995 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. I would love to unmute my soul and be more authentic especially when it comes to asserting myself when I feel disrespected. I know you can shows to abstain from asserting yourself if you choose and that is still assertiveness. It seems others are comfortable in their aggressiveness. This lack of being real is fear of rejection and disapproval rooted in childhood. Charlie Kaufman has intrigued me. I am going to catch up with his creations.

  • @phatcrayonz

    @phatcrayonz

    5 жыл бұрын

    67lindyloo Empty words. No meaning. Stop typing and go out and be.

  • @bobbymengel7054
    @bobbymengel70544 жыл бұрын

    Me - in tears This Video - "This universe thing" Me - laughing Peace and love, yall

  • @thebearcouncil8810
    @thebearcouncil88103 жыл бұрын

    Almost every other video on this channel, as much as it resonated with me, has only sent me spiraling further down a seemingly endless existencial crisis. This to the point where I have fantasized about receiving a lobotomy so that I can live only to be but not to think, as irrational as that is especially in face of the fears I am facing. This was the first video that felt like a well needed break. This is an amazing channel either way. Having your way of thinking challeneged, giving a face to your fears which makes it all the more intimidating, but also allows you to understand what you are up against. I dream of a world where humans can learn to coexist and accept each other for their shortcomings, and where crime fighting is not about punishing people deemed too evil for this world, but solely focused on keeping vulnerable individuals safe from harm. Where we do not see other peoples failings as a reason to gloat and declare ourselves better, but where we whileheartedly accept the ineptitude of mankind, and realize that the only reason we may have managed to make better choices, was because we were granted the right tools, whether internal or external.

  • @eliseotorres57
    @eliseotorres575 жыл бұрын

    Please never stop making videos 🙏

  • @joshrichards3339
    @joshrichards33394 жыл бұрын

    The identification with the body-mind and, of course, personality will keep us trapped in a suffering place. Thats why great schools of thought like Advaita ( related to Hinduism) has a deep understanding of the methaphysical world of the I-ness and the way to overcome the idea of being something like a person or a body, or something limited by fear and desire. In the core the idea of being a person is just created by the mind and its illusory, all pain is an illusion.

  • @Luna86351
    @Luna863515 жыл бұрын

    0 disslikes. I have never seen that in my life. Edit: not anymore

  • @dillpickle8015

    @dillpickle8015

    3 жыл бұрын

    100% anything is not possible, nor should it be welcomed. Life is all, chaos is life, death is life

  • @krFUCKINGneki
    @krFUCKINGneki5 жыл бұрын

    This clip came at just the right time for me. Great work, thank you so much!

  • @joeskutnik8696
    @joeskutnik86964 жыл бұрын

    Love the ad-read transparency.

  • @sean..L
    @sean..L4 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think they had photography in the “17th century”.

  • @collaborator3665
    @collaborator36655 жыл бұрын

    Whoa... that was a really heavy advertisement for Skillshare.

  • @yrantiquebrand

    @yrantiquebrand

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mans gotta eat

  • @vinnyrivera485
    @vinnyrivera4855 жыл бұрын

    Never heard of this guy, but I was moved by this video!! Thank you for making it and putting it up for all of us to see and discover! 🙏

  • @florislightjuggling8567
    @florislightjuggling85674 жыл бұрын

    1,45 - 3,30min hit me sooooo hard i wasnt realy listening till i heard part of this, i rewinded and watched over and over. Creating 3,00 till 3,30 is my life’s mission. you so perfectly expained the problem that needs fixing and helped me explayn to others. 🙏 thanks and keep going love your work

  • @cdagger2862
    @cdagger28625 жыл бұрын

    Row row row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a... §≽∞

  • @jj1322

    @jj1322

    4 жыл бұрын

    Meme?

  • @cdagger2862

    @cdagger2862

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jj1322 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZ5mqNuFo8XYY7w.html

  • @Devo-YT
    @Devo-YT5 жыл бұрын

    How old are you? Your ideas and scripts are brilliant.

  • @Dontwannaknow44

    @Dontwannaknow44

    5 жыл бұрын

    Devo age is just a number my friend

  • @Devo-YT

    @Devo-YT

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree completely, but it is an indicator of how much time you’ve had to grasp an understanding of life. Im 17 and a lot of the ideas and topics this channel covers are constantly rattling around my skull. Although I would like to I just feel I don’t have the intellect and understanding to write a script or paper on these subjects. He sounds about the age of a peer of mine. I think young bright minds are deserving of recognition.

  • @codahaha9305

    @codahaha9305

    5 жыл бұрын

    Devo I'm almost 17 as well. If I have to guess, the only way to grasp these concepts is through deep self reflection, and application to his life.

  • @lastsonofkrypton3918

    @lastsonofkrypton3918

    5 жыл бұрын

    5:04 No they aren't 😂😂😂

  • @crimsonglory7823
    @crimsonglory78235 жыл бұрын

    I'm not alone. Really needed to hear that, thank you and awesome video as always.

  • @ann29light
    @ann29light5 жыл бұрын

    another masterpiece of a video by Pursuit of Wonder. thank you so much for this, keep it up!

  • @aisnota5192
    @aisnota51923 жыл бұрын

    "Take drugs to become GOD!" -Grant Morrison and to some degree Alan Moore

  • @justjess4969
    @justjess49695 жыл бұрын

    That's crazy man, have you tried DMT?

  • @aintnuthinbutathang1646

    @aintnuthinbutathang1646

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ah a fellow JRE fan

  • @omrixeren

    @omrixeren

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Absolutely Dreadful why is that? is it not better for the self and community to wake up anyway? does it matter what triggers awakening?

  • @ahrimanic7

    @ahrimanic7

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely Dreadful wow.

  • @mikeharrington2793

    @mikeharrington2793

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Joe Rogaine has entered the chat..

  • @dropit7694

    @dropit7694

    5 жыл бұрын

    Took me weed to see this clearly, glad it's a perception i've realised even if only for drugs, it feels like it addresses the anxiety I have about problems I have no control over. No matter what action I take it doesn't always work out, I can only share the parts of me that I love to see in the world rather than the parts I hate to see.

  • @jaredhonusankrom
    @jaredhonusankrom4 жыл бұрын

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind makes me cry until I can't breathe.

  • @Chill-Pill

    @Chill-Pill

    4 жыл бұрын

    I watched it once and cannot watch it again. One of those movies. Guts the highly sensitive viewer.

  • @CinemAstrologia
    @CinemAstrologia4 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking yesterday about how much I love Kaufman. Very nice work man. Thank you.

  • @blackpilloverdose1013
    @blackpilloverdose10135 жыл бұрын

    Watching Neon Genesis Evangelion huh? Sounds alot like Shinji or anyone in that Show.

  • @Necrohermit

    @Necrohermit

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey no spoilers!

  • @loope9421

    @loope9421

    4 жыл бұрын

    Blackpilloverdose Or Persona 4 :)

  • @blackpilloverdose1013

    @blackpilloverdose1013

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@loope9421 really?

  • @jameshuckvale7685
    @jameshuckvale76855 жыл бұрын

    shadow work anybody got the balls? No really do you? It is painful to find out I am a fraud.

  • @joshcalef4974

    @joshcalef4974

    5 жыл бұрын

    The aspect of your mind that thinks you are a fraud is also another aspect to be released

  • @keristevenson2757
    @keristevenson27575 жыл бұрын

    Omg, these visuals were beautiful. That image that kept zooming in was mind blowing!

  • @oxlion6163
    @oxlion61635 жыл бұрын

    I’m an artist and I’ve been struggling with my identity past few years and I really needed this. Thanks!

  • @Unknown-sg4tv
    @Unknown-sg4tv5 жыл бұрын

    How to make time travel a good idea 1. Invent time machine. 2. Travel to the 23rd century. 3. Invent a device that can change the odds in the 23rd century. 4. Use probability device to make the odds certain that time travel is a good idea.

  • @Ady00pk
    @Ady00pk5 жыл бұрын

    Great video! BUT: 08:25 "This sponsorship won't influence the content in any way" Then he continues kissing 💋 the sponsor's ass for the rest of the 2 min video (8:25-10:32) 🙄😒

  • @PlugadonaNatureza
    @PlugadonaNatureza5 жыл бұрын

    1:06 It was my first insight when i took Psilocybin and had this weird feeling of myself being projected in everyone i interact to, that perspective changed me for ever...

  • @herahagstoz6934
    @herahagstoz69345 жыл бұрын

    We are simply a part of nature which is at a point of self reflection. And sadly it is an isolating aspect of our existence. However the fact that we all share in this has a redemptive quality that our lives allow us to document for others across time and space. It’s a bizarre and beautiful quirk created by nature and drives us to create our own interpretation of our own nature. 🦋

  • @Scribe13013

    @Scribe13013

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ikr

  • @CarrlosCastaneda
    @CarrlosCastaneda5 жыл бұрын

    That's the best intro to an Ad I've ever heard. Well done!

  • @nomadmaniam
    @nomadmaniam5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video. I can't put in words but it touched my heart and mind in infinite ways. Thanks again.

  • @return2innocence221
    @return2innocence2215 жыл бұрын

    His films are literally mind blowing 🎯

  • @goctagonrecovery3270
    @goctagonrecovery32703 жыл бұрын

    Starting my day off listening to the Caretaker and then watching a video like this was probably not the best idea. Never have I felt so existentially dreadful. However, there is a beauty to it. It’s humbling.

  • @sharptongue2972
    @sharptongue29723 жыл бұрын

    One of the select few filmmakers who hasn't missed the mark

  • @jasondinh5603
    @jasondinh56034 жыл бұрын

    "You must risk all these..... in order to avoid dying without the world seeing the real you." Powerful stuff man! My favorite video thus far!

  • @jsmith8271
    @jsmith82715 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! So deep, profound and so very true. Thank you for the upload

  • @shanvmw
    @shanvmw4 жыл бұрын

    This is the truthiest truth I have heard. Thank you for telling it like it is. There are not enough, It's okay not to know, the wonder will never die.