This music video represents a real up-leveling for our video studio. It is the creation of Arise’s leadership team, exemplifying the dream come true that is achieved through creativity and community. We are thankful for the opportunities, and the infinite possibilities presented through the filmmaking art form.

Home is the #2 single released by Cosmic Butterflies, currently available for streaming and digital download: Spotify | Apple Music | Google Play. Jump in and enjoy!

A Creative Journey Exploring The Afterlife

Visualizing this song as an image and an art film was an opportunity to draw attention to the lyrics by poetically displaying the words in striking imagery. At first I saw a sublime scene with many people on a beach, walking nude, directly into the ocean. Then I saw people flying gracefully over the horizon, like seagulls. I saw people drifting in space, shining like the stars. I saw people entering a cloud-like paradise.

Being a documentary filmmaker for the past five years, I’ve had occasional opportunities to work with green screens and special effects techniques, but this video took me into entirely new artistic territory. How would we achieve human flight? How would we create a heavenly paradise?

Our only resource was our own hearts and minds, and our infinite creative potential. Thankfully, we had ample energy, because we had each other. It was an adventure full of surprises, failures, successes, and chiefly above all: surrender.

Naturally, my guitar got thrashed in the ocean’s waters. Interestingly, my brand new green screen cloth arrived with a hole in it. Thankfully, we had ample spaciousness to capture this passion project on camera over the course of many months. Fortunately, I completed the project with forgiveness and flaws, just doing the best I could, working with what I had, following the flow of inspiration. 

Maybe the inspiration is the most exciting part of this journey. I’ve already mentioned that the song takes on various emotional energies, being a spacious placeholder for shadow work, healing, contemplation, and divine connection.

The song is very spirited, and spiritual. It is meditative and medicating, remedying the pains of being scared and feeling alone. Its simple words are familiar and soothing to me, like the voices of my ancestors. The guitar riff is hypnotic to me, like a sacred pattern that aligns me with my higher calling.

What do you feel when you hear this song? What to you wonder about when you see this film? What do you think? What do you believe?