The Pursuit of Happiness

This is another classic video for my little web talk show, I think, personally. I hit the streets of downtown Brooklyn to talk to people about what makes THEM happy. Now, pretty much anything I shoot in downtown Brooklyn is instantly a favorite of mine. One, because I live here and it’s really easy to lug the equipment there. And two, because it’s truly an area filled with unique, liberal, countercultural-driven characters. I think this here social commentary video is further proof of the latter. A lot of people tend to answer with the basics when asked the question, what makes them happy: time with family, friends, good food, good sex, and knowing their family is happy. And this is all true for me, too. Definitely. All that, and I’d add time spent with my dog, too. But I guess she’s family, so that counts. But I have to add another, which most people don’t add, and that’s my work. I really, truly enjoy making these videos and putting countercultural, social, or just funny commentary out there for people to react to. I get a lot of negative feedback every once and again, and it takes a huge amount of time, money, and effort in general to keep at it, but I generally enjoy this little job of making videos that I’ve made up for myself. I think that’s really important: for people’s jobs to make them happy. And that happens so infrequently. That’s such a misfortune, too, because people spend so much of their time here on the planet at their job. If they don’t enjoy that job, well…you see my point. Anyway, back to the funny Brooklynites on my web talk show. Enjoy their answers, then post your own morsels of happiness in the comments!