With the
scheduled launch of Project: We Are One almost a week away, I figured now would
be a good time to write a quick blog about our upcoming project as well as what
Niko and I will be attempting to achieve while on the road.
Project: We Are One is The Mako
Project’s second adventure of hopefully many more to come. For this trip we are
acquiring an RV, and setting out on an adventure to the west coast and back
surviving off the kindness of strangers we meet along the way.
This RV (or old retired school bus we have fitted to be semi-livable) Will be the staple of this trip as we will be asking people to sign it all along the road as a mobile petition of unity and acceptance.
We will be bartering services
relevant to our passions, be it filming, graphic design, etc., as well as
working and helping our fellow man in any way possible in order to collect food
and gas to allow us to advance on our journey.
Whilst on the road getting by on the
kindness of others and bartering when possible, we will be challenging
ourselves by completing works in our own artistic fields. For myself it will be
my book: En Title/Lighten Ment, and
Niko will be releasing an Ep of music, both of which will be inspired by our
trip and the experiences we gather on the way. We will also be releasing both
with the debut of the documentary for this trip.
More important than all of that, of
course, is the inspiration we hope to spread to others by showing that it is
possible to do what you love by living passionately about your dreams, and
compassionately toward your fellow man. While on the road we will be talking in
schools, and giving workshops in film making and song writing.
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