Director's Note: Jake Jaxson and R.J. Sebastian here. We have been very open about what A Thing of Beauty means to us -- it is the first of what we hope to be many collaborations with each other. In this series of short films, or what we call "erotic poems," we are deliberately connecting ourselves, our struggles, our love, and our sexual "beings" to our work.
In this film, we start with "the daily grind." It has caused more fights, upset, and stress in our 15-year relationship together than anything else. When allowed, the monotony of the everyday has become a slow poison and the stress and the daily grind is sand and water -- it erodes the land and turns mountains into hills.
However, as in nature, water also gives us life and sand becomes glass, both helping us to see and live better lives. Stress and upset will always exist, but we can just as easily be in a place of peace, abundance, love, and connection.
This became real to us when we were stuck in horrific traffic one morning and were beyond aggravated -- first at the traffic, then at each other. As we were taking a back street to our office, we drove along side the gnarly, hellish Long Island Expressway, and in all that rusty, twisted metal, it appeared to be smiling back at us -- even laughing at us! Now, whenever we go to work -- especially on bad days -- we always make sure to drive past the "laughing" bridge. And every time, we smile back.
Format: mp4
Duration: 22:05
Video: 1280x720, AVC (H.264), 2919kbps
Audio: 106kbps
