Avery: Recently I made a short film with my good friend Sean Seid, a wonderful poet and creative spirit. The concept & vision for the film is all Sean’s, with me behind the camera. The film is called “A Moment of Stillness” You can check out the film on Sean’s IG page and also on Youtube.

• Musician, Poet, & Director – Sean Seid
  Cinematography & Editing – Avery Nakashima
• Filmed using a Sony ZV-E10 with standard lens.
  Edited in Da Vici Resolve 18.

- Poem by Sean Seid -
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 Is time really speeding up? 
 I say nay,
 I think it is we who in our hustle and bustle waste away our days,
 and I say waste lightly, 
 what I mean to say is that there's something so precious available,
 the opportunity to take another breath,
 to take a little more space.

 There are still places where we can go and be quiet.
 There is still time in the day.
 There are places we can still go and not see another soul,
 save those of the forest, 
 the river, 
 the ocean, 
 the sky. 

 I for one do not want life to pass me by.
 I do not want to spend my days rushing, forcing,
 in the name of some elusive goal called progress.
 I want to do my best to practice enjoying the process.
 I want to remind myself I'm allowed to take a second breath,
 and a third if I need it.
 Whenever I forget this I'm free to repeat it.
 Take a breath,
 slow down,
 rest your eyes,
 rest your heart.

 There are still places we can go even amidst the city,
 the people,
 the chaos,
 the fear,
 the hope.

 There are still places we can go where no one is asking us for anything more than to be.
 And there are many things in this world that are difficult to see,
 difficult to feel,
 difficult to accept and allow as real, really happening.
 But I don't want to numb my way through life.
 I don't want to live a life I have to numb from.
 I want to stay sensitive to the colors,
 the textures,
 the grief and the care.

 I want to live a life full of care but not carefully,
 not too carefully,
 not so safe that I forget to play.
 I want to live a life full of care,
 full of moments that I care about,
 full of people that I care for,
 full of meals that I care to take the time to prepare slowly,
 sweetly with sensitivity.

 There are still places in this world that I care for,
 places that feel like they care for me,
 the river,
 the forest,
 the sea.

 There are still places that I feel free.
 Can I take the freedom imbued in me and share it with you?
 Are there choices I could make and things that I could do that could allow more people to be  more free?
 if only free to be,
 if only free for a moment to take another breath,
 to close your eyes and rest, and to connect.
 There are still places in this world that long to connect with us I think,
 there are places that I sink more deeply, more readily,
 more easily into myself as if I am welcomed by people I cannot see.
 Is this what they mean when they say that the ancestors are all around me and yours too?

 And if we knew they were watching, what would we do?
 And if we had to explain ourselves to the children yet to be born,
 what would we choose?
 There are so many problems in this world that are above and beyond me,
 but I don't think that I'm useless and I don't think you are either.
 There are places in this world that have made me a believer,
 that have helped me to believe it is better to feel,
 to feel all of it and take my time in doing so, whenever possible to unwind and take it slow,
 to chew my food and digest my meals,
 to make space and safety for the way I feel.
 There are places in this world that feel more real than real,
 places that even when I go alone,
 I do not feel alone,
 places that even when I'm not home,
 I feel at home.
 
 I believe there are places in this world that still care for you and care for me,
 the forest,
 the rivers,
 the mountain,
 the sea.