Reflection
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2007
- Animation by Paxson Woelber. www.paxsonwoelber.com
Also, thank you to the CZcams user who translated the text into Spanish:
"no fué hasta noviembre que vi a mi hermano, impreso en las últimas páginas de una revista. La luz y la luna tenían el mísmo blanco ácido, y el árbol ya conocido se erguía como una llama de volframio. el reloj daba las ocho cuando dejaba la biblioteca de la fábrica. la bicicleta gruñía mientras bajaba por la calle iluminada, por las fábricas, entre los árboles, y allí estaba, de pronto, mi hermano, exactamente donde lo dejé ocho años atrás, pálido en medio del manto de hojas caídas y lluvia.
ocho años atrás las fábricas crecieron como árboles y mi hermano y yo encontramos el arroyo negro, serpenteando entre bosques como mercurio.
hermano? qué pena que no pudiste quedarte. nunca quise abandonarte así, en el bosque.
qué es lo que viste cuando recorriste solo el río? yo sé quien eres. fué escrito en los árboles y garabateado en las páginas de la revista. el número favorito de mi hermano siempre fue ocho, símetrico y limpio. siempre fuiste mi reflejo favorito." - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Glad to see that i'm not the only one to go through perilous searches to find this video after accidentally stumbling upon it years ago. Its great and definitely deserves to be remembered. Happy i found it finally.
Same here! I'm glad I'm not the only one.
funny, about once a year I would do the same thing to end up at dead ends.
No you didn't stumble upon it. It was literally featured like 15 years ago.
Now 16
I watched this when I was on HS & now I'm a working adult. The feels maaan
Man my brother and I watched this way back when I was like 16 (31 now) and he was 13 (28 now) it left such a profound make on us. He reminded me of this video today 15 years later and it still feels the same. I had forgotten but he still remembered and I went on a scavenger hunt to find it, I’m so glad I did. To my brother I love you man!
many years later I find myself coming back to this video after I had long forgotten it, still wondering what the meaning of it could be
I think it's about a guy reflecting on his dead brother?
FEEL trip
I’m not too sure why I saved this into my video list back in 2007 but I am watching this again in 2020.....For some nostalgic reason....
Watching this now after 15 years brought a different perspective and understanding.
It was himself who was lost all along...
The elements of this film come together extremely well. Gave me the chills. Loved the narrator's voice.
I saw this video once years ago and I couldnt found it again till today..I really like it.
Took me so long to find this again! Posting in 2018, brother.
paxson, this was my favorite video 4 years ago. I used to watch it every single day.
What an absolute piece of art...thank you soo much,,paxon"! and everyone who participated.. cheers..
It was just a clever transition between scenes, and possibly to amplify the thought that he had no brother but it was instead just his own reflection.
"I know who you are" -powerful! I've seen this video like 10 times already and never caught that part.
So so so beautiful!
i could watch this all day long. i love the narration -- the narrator's voice and the words
I think it shows a brother grieving the neglect he imposed on his brother when the factories were spreading industrially. The polluted river represents the poisoning of the land and the younger brother drowned in one because the older one was not there. I like this piece. It's complex and vague.
I watched this when I was like 14. Now I'm 27 and I still don't quite understand it. I like it though
it ended beautifully. I love that type of relationship between siblings.
Ah, I love this! How it builds up when your talking about the eight, then goes into relaxing guitar. Good job.
Took a while to find this video again after so many years, but I'm glad I did.
this is the coolest animation i have ever seen. there is something about the character's voice, when paired with the eerie animation and the haunting music--it just makes sense. a great halloween/autumn video.
I've seen this piece a dozen times at least and each time I still need a moment to catch my breath. You have a gift for interpreting how you percieve the world, and I hope you continue to provide yourself with ample opportunities to allow it to flourish.
I really liked it, it's like finding something that you had lost and thought you couldn't find but in the end it's meant for you to find it, no matter how hard it is to get there.
i've watched this video right around 15 times the last few days. this is what i get from it:
his brother was his reflection in the river. the factories that were built created pollution, making the river water dark, so he couldn't see himself anymore. this is when his "brother" died. eight was his favorite number because it was "symmetrical and clean." The number eight reminds him of the time before the factories polluted.
Still the greatest viral poem ever. It reminds me of my brother that passed away. I wonder if it is written for a lost sibling. Thanks Paxon!
sometimes you see things like that and you feel there is a hope in art..
Still eerily captivating 12 years later.
Love this type of videos! This one right here is brilliant!
moving in a way i didnt think possible... i love it!
I'm like everyone else. This video from 6 years ago still sticks with me with the acidity of The Path.
'you were always my favourite freflection' that was a beautiful line. not to mention a beautiful poem. i liked it.
I love it! Seriously that was nice! And what you did with the music was great!
Stumbled across this - I've worked in animation for years - this was great- and the soundtrack made it so eerie! LOVED IT!
makes me wanna scroll down so i cant see it but at the same time i wanna scroll back up and watch it
Truly remarkable.
Original style, gripping narrative, sparse enough for the mind to fill in the blanks, rich enough to prevent lapse in tension.
Amazing. Congratulations.
WOW. just wow. This is amazing. I love all of it, the style, the music...Fantastic job! *favorites*
I saw this video during a very stressful time in my life. The haunting music, the hypnotic narration and the surreal animations really stick with me. It is a good video regardless of its intended meaning. I believe it is meant to be about a man who was environmentally conscious in his youth, but decided to go work in a factory. I think 8 years later he's reflecting on his life and he realizes that he betrayed his ideals. He then goes to the woods to reconcile his practical and idealistic halves.
Chilling and lush. Regardless of the metaphor, I still found myself becoming emotionally charged when I thought this could be a post mortem poem. I really enjoyed this. Keep it up!
the plot and the sound is amazing!!!! not to mention the animation!! welldone!!
This is giving me an Edgar Allen Poe feeling... I love all the metaphors and references to the number 8.
And the title is perfect for this video. I love the whole idea.
One of my favourite videos on youtube :)
Kudos to you ^^
OMG! HOW AMAZING WAS THAT?!?!? best thing i've seen all month
Beautiful, inspiring, and moving. A brilliant use of animation media to express an poem/story. This is why I come to You Tube! Thanks.
Excellent! I love it alot!
ive saw this so many times..
i love this work
:D
so many different interpretations, proof of what a masterpiece this is. good job mate
thanks paxson...that is the most awesome, DEEP animation I've ever seen...touched me on many levels...WOW!!!!!!
Simple and effective. Love the textures.
your video is awesome!!! I've seen a lot of short movies and animations but this is really outstanding.
that was a great work of art. good job.
This was/is EXCELLENT ! 5 stars !
You can see his brothers reflection when the second bolt of lightning flashes...cool!
so bizarre coming back to this. thanks
i can't stop watching this
Wow! Great work!
Edgar Allen Poe....
no wonder I found this style familiar! (kudos for the animator for capturing the Edgar-effect perfectly!)
pretty much what i thought. what interests me is that the river grabs him, and the scene where the spider pops out of his head - like a parasite eating him, before he becomes part of the tree. the line "too bad you couldn't stay - I never meant to leave you in the woods like that" is also interesting, because the first half says the figure he's talking to left - the second, that he was left behind. so maybe it wasn't so much he walked away from his past self as he found it impossible to keep it
that was great! great narrator voice 2!
great flash animation...u brought the feelings out
ABSOLUTELY LOVE all the subliminal stuff in this animation! Very complex. This is a clip you have to watch many times over. Excellently done! Audio is spot on.
Bravo.
I think this is about him leaving behind childhood, and eventually becoming reunited with it. Notice that he left him in the woods, an area where children usually play outdoors, and he went back there on his bycycle. You could say the departure from childhood was triggered by him comeing to the realisation that there is a problem in the world, caused by other people, when he discovered the black impure stream of water fro mthe factories. Just how i made sense of it.
It's amazing, I love it!!
Es el mejor video que he visto últimamente
sin duda alguna
exelente video.
Amazing animation and great soundtrack!
love it. i dont think it's something to 'get'... i think it's something to feel. and hell man, i'm still feelin it!
THATS REALY MOVEING. I LOVE IT
Creatively cool!
this is a really kick ass animation.nice work.5/5.keep up the nice work :)
amazing work took a little time to understand but now that i do i realise the brilliance
5 stars !
awesome art of yours, love it.
Wonderfully atmospheric, creepy, and mysterious. The use of simple stick figures adrift in a world of alternating color and drabness was inspired. I look forward to seeing more of your work here.
AMAZING! I didnt quite understand it at first because im not good at stuff like that, like understanding themes 'n stuff. but after reading some of the comments here i finally understand it!!!
Great... really, marvelous.
That was an amazing film . Very thought provoking and moody . Such a vastly different work than any i have seen in a long time .
I have absolutly no idea of what just happend.
But i loved every little bit of it.
Wow, this was really good, seeing how I only watched it 'cause it was popping up everywhere.
Just bringing this post back for those who don't want to look through all of them. I think this persons got a great perspective on this!
i love it your vid rocks and the depth of it was amazing.
cool animation and story telling..........loved it. nice music too.
good job, i never thought that a stick figure film would actually prompt any emotion from me
nice.
my interpretation (which is probably way, way off, but works for me):
"the woods" is not as much a physical location, but rather an emotional state. his "brother" is the part of him he left behind -- young, curious, alive -- eight years ago, when he began working for the factory, which slowly stripped him of his former self, which he's only now rediscovering.
outstanding! i absolutely love this.
and the soundtrack is unbelievably good.
kudos!
That.....was beautiful maen....great job! peacx
Wonderful. And to the people who don't get it, the message behind it is, if it is simplified as far as possible, "Pollution is a horrible thing."
Very great work!
Very very incredible. I am impressed. Surreal, abstract, yet with a driving force and order in the strangest wonderful way. Great work!
Beautiful.
i really liked this. really nicely animated. and the voice over reminded me of some of the fiery furnaces music. cool
I remember the first time I watched this video, I had just joined the Navy, everything was far different in my life from what it is now. It seems like life times ago that I saw this, but it still sticks with me, and I still to this day want to know the REAL meaning behind this. Paxson you are and artist and I hope that you don't NEED anyone to tell you that. But I would for one really love to know what REAL meaning behind this is. To this day I cannot figure it out. Much respect.
Wonderful, really wonderful.
I get it crystal clear
THIS IS ART
The main character was a environmentalist but later had a job on a factory in the middle of the woods. but after 8 years, the factory made the woods dirty & polluted.His brother was a reflection of himself back when he was still an environmentalist.Thats why he was saying "your were always my favorite reflection" insisting he missed his old self and the time when the woods was still clean.
btw, excellent work all around. great pacing, great music, great sound, and very fitting illustration.
Brilliant. Makes me want to cry. I love your use of symoblism, and the colors fit the atmosphere. You need to do more animations!
This is my favorite CZcams video!
This was way over my brain capacity... but it was pretty f'ing awesome, I must say.
love the colors you use
A Work Of Art Truly! Bravo! Bravo!
I loved it! Great job!! *0*
wow that was amazing and very deep. loved it!