My 60-second message to the New Year

Maine artist Charlie Hewitt makes Hopeful signs. My wife and I are lucky enough to own one and when it is not hanging proudly on the side of our barn I sometimes take it out into the world and shoot footage of it as a kind of meditation. I found the process healing and a reminder that hope should command more of my own attention. This :60 spot is my way of sharing Charlie’s work and message with all of you at the start of a new year.

Here’s how Charlie hewitt describes Hopeful:

“Hopeful is not a passive work – it’s a challenge and a responsibility. It’s a silent prayer, it’s a leap of faith you take that it’s going to be better. To be hopeful requires action, it requires commitment, it requires opening your eyes, it requires being part of something. It requires being passionately in love with your country, passionately in love with your family, and passionately in love with everyone in your community. That passion and that love I want back. I want a resurgence  in my soul for that kind of life.”

You can learn more about Charlie and his hopeful sign here.

Directed and shot by David McLain

Music by Garth Neustadter

Hopeful sign by Charlie Hewitt