OMG Daryl, that made me laugh so hard. Both dog and cat were startled as I literally roared with laughter when I read your last line. Thank you for that.

Nihat - Thank you my friend. I appreciate you taking the time to watch.

Kev - Thanks man. I kept your last video in mind when shooting this.  The clarity and warmth of the shots you took impressed me immensely.

Oonagh - Why did they take him there, when two block down the road was the RO? Then why did they not send him there when they realized it was psychological, not medical? Mind boggling. I am guessing your friend was successful? Awful.

Janet - Thank you. That is the kind of thing I hoped to hear. I wanted the production to approach (semi) professional at least. There is still so much to learn, and things I just plumb cannot do... my camera is not capable of them. Janet, this is all I have ever wanted to do. I think it is all I can do, because everything else I have tried (and I have tried lots of things) drives me crazy with boredom.

Thanks again Janet. I am "starting"... the wheels are turning (slowly, but turning).

love the images Shad. black and white is so right for melancholy, huh? 

Thanks Mark and Mark. I still doubt myself, but I am biting the bullet and trying not to get discouraged. I need to remind myself that anything worth doing, is worth doing right, and that takes time and practice.

Thanks Mark. I appreciate the look.

A very artistic video IMO, the thought never occurred to me that you have the same social problems that we do such as gang violence.  I only caught a few seconds of the first version; my browser crashed and took a bit to get flash working again in YT. 

Sadly, Grant, we are not immune to gang violence, mass shootings, bikers and other undesirable elements of humanity. There are stupid people everywhere. I think the mistake I made was not in making this vid in particular. As I live with it longer, the better I feel about it. This one is still well executed IMHO. No, the mistake I made was in changing the premiss of the first vid entirely, when I should have just fixed the mistakes and left it alone.

I got what you were saying Shad.  Artistically, you could introduce more cinematic elements (different textured shots, etc.) but overall, you evoked emotion.  I liked the music too.  Keep going.

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Wow very kool Clean Work but for my taste abit too much grey (just kidding) and sorry for not replying to my own two last posts Your constructive ctricizm is always welcome. and when it comes to that i know what i do all i can say is I hope so :-) Good Job C U Peace!!!