A sublime short video: Together We Ride

A little over a month ago I discovered an App called Democracy. As an aside, I first thought Democracy was a tongue in cheek name for their internet-TV-viewing product; after all, if “democracy” or choice and proactivity was reduced to watching videos on a screen, well… it seemed pretty trite. Especially considering the number of Americans who vote versus the number of Americans who watch TV.
But it turns out Democracy is not a tongue in cheek name; the developers called it that because in theory, everyone with camcorder and a PC (or rather: Mac) and an internet connection potentially has a voice in the world; their own “TV station” so to speak. At least among others with Computers and internet connections. So Democracy-the-App is a means of gathering said videos and attempting (though failing, IMHO) to present them in an intelligible, organized manner. Sounds noble.
But I digress. The first “Channel” I clicked on was as fate would have it, Some Pig. Some Pig is an outlet for very experimental (read: seriously weird and hilarious) videos, just the sort of thing I go for. The first video I watched was Rezelscheft, which… caught me off guard to say the least. Evil geniuses.
The second video I watched was Ten Second Holiday, which was poignant and mesmerizing.
The third video I watched, and the reason I am posting this, is the sublime dream-like Together We Ride by Kevin Hooyman. The simple beauty, the dreamy mistiness, the soft colors and silent, thoughtful creatures that inhabit this brief slice of empathy really hit me. This is a really fantastic video. I find it touching; a celebration of the better side of humanity that is not seen so often. Check it out.