Above Iliamna

Eden.

ABOVE ILIAMNA from Jason Ching on Vimeo.
Fly high above Lake Iliamna in Alaska, following the crew of the Alaska Salmon Program as they conduct sockeye salmon surveys during one of the largest salmon returns in years.
Music:
Frederick Capozio - Illusions

Nature and Time Will Heal Our Wounds

From Le Mouching:

"Auoutou, means autumn in the local language of Massif Central the mountains in the middle of France. Pierre Monatte was editing his latest film when he learned what happened in Paris this Friday. So he decided to send us this film all about nature, fall colours and easy living. To heal our pain. Pierre, the same name as our friend Pierro who was shot while having fun at a rock concert. And sweetness as was young Suzon, who loved the band she went to see. May this kindness be for all of you. We know that nature and time will heal our wounds."

AUOUTOU from PM Productions on Vimeo.

I was ending my last short film on this tragic Friday of November. I wished to headlight the colours, the smoothness and the majesty of Autumn. The day after, I found a resonance between these motion pictures and abomination of men become crazy. This modest film was like a solace, a distancing, a peg to hang up our little hope in our human condition :
"This Friday night, humankind became crazy. Maybe God exists, if yes, he’s here in the transparency of a grayling’s fin, in the simple pleasure of pan-fried mushroom, in a sunrise on autumn mists, isn’t he? Auoutou is autumn in my local dialect, it’s the light of a benefactor fire, more powerful than the destructive fire of human misery."

"Look It Over" by Wendell Berry

From "The Sagebrush Sea" on Nature. Watch it HERE.

I leave behind even

my walking stick. My knife

is in my pocket, but that

I have forgot. I bring

no car, no cell phone,

no computer, no camera,

no CD player, no fax, no

TV, not even a book. I go

into the woods. I sit on

a log provided at no cost.

It is the earth I’ve come to,

the earth itself, sadly

abused by the stupidity

only humans are capable of

but, as ever, itself. Free.

A bargain! Get it while it lasts.

"Look It Over" by Wendell Berry from New Collected Poems. © Counterpoint Press, 2012.

Birds-of-Paradise Project

As for beauty, if I didn't fish for trout, I'd want to fish for Birds-of-Paradise.

Ireland's Wild River

I'm sorry you missed this, if you did. It first aired on February 26. I didn't see it until last night when I dipped into my stash of previously-recorded programs.

It's superb. If I had known in time I would definitely have gotten the word out to all who love rivers. If I could, I'd post the whole thing now.

But here's the next best thing. Here's the trailer, and two clips from the film. And if you're fortunate, your local PBS station will do what mine does sometimes--replay this at a later date. I'd recommend you watch for it.