Durango Independent Film Festival 2009

In the summer of 2000, a San Francisco-based artist who identified himself as “Someguy,” released 1,000 traveling journals into the world. Some people found a journal or got it from a friend or stranger. Some signed up on the Internet and received it in the mail. Some wrote in them, others doodled, pasted in photographs, or added artworks. Some kept them. Others passed them on. There are no rules, and no one really monitors these journals and their movements. And yet, they are connecting people worldwide, provoking and inspiring them. In September 2003, journal #526 returned to Someguy, filled. What happened to the other 999?

At night, Adam takes trips into the city to hang out with the kids who have no home, and tonight he plans to meet with Roger, a man who liked his picture.

Sleep interrupted by the brush of a familiar touch. The light caress of a finger across your back. The sigh of that voice inviting you to play. The most everyday gestures become, at close range, an extraordinary dance.

Aston finds stones on his way home. Lonely, bored and frozen, he picks them up and takes care of them.

A young man, distracted by daydreams of surfing, has a hard time getting through his day.

This short film is a meditation on inspired physicality in the workplace. Three individuals in this film demonstrate unique approaches to integrating physical activity into the daily tasks of their jobs.

An excerpt from Plato’s Republic, the “Allegory of the Cave” is a classic commentary on the human condition.