Cash & Music Videos

I think the Johnny Cash Project music video was the best, most beautiful piece of art that I have seen for a long time, if not my whole life. His character fits so well with the black and white, dark and light themes that every frame is made of. You get the sense that there is an amazing, powerful, even dark story behind Cash's song, but one with such hope that makes it all so beautiful. And this kind of spiritual power united everyone across the world in one song done by one man about his spiritual path in life. These artists got it - they really captured what the song was about, and who he as a person really was.

I feel as if this piece of art takes us one step further than a lot of other art out there; this music video lets you know that everyone around the world is united around their deepest and darkest struggles, and around a strong desire to be able to say with Johnny Cash, "Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down." If ever there was a true Christian piece of art, this is it.

I see so much potential in music videos. They combine two extremely powerful aspects of art (images and music) and if done right, it can have an exponentially greater effect than just a painting or a song by itself. The image gives us another world to live in, and the music gives emotion to the world, allowing us to experience a whole other aspect of life right in front of the screen. If a picture speaks 1000 words, a music video speaks 1000 pictures (quite literally). I feel like this is where I want to spend my time and energy.... because I see so much potential here, and I just love the medium.