Ryan and the Meaning of Life
Monday, March 5th, 2007
quicktime———- letterboxed-YouTube ———- Sidewise-iPod-version
Music by Dan Fairclough
Once again, I solved two missions at once with this episode. Gary Truhn asked me to do something for the Tibetan refugees in Dharmshala. But in doing so, I happened to discover the meaning of life, just as John Wallace challenged me to.
This episode was the hardest to edit. Not because of what went into it, but because of how much got left out. It’s a very sensitive place to film, and showing some things would have caused a lot of trouble for the people there, and their families back in Tibet.
Also, this video will not give you an overview of the political situation between Tibet and China. There are plenty of resources available to learn about it. I just set out to create a portrait of a place, it’s people, and my interaction with them.
March 5th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Rock on, I was blessed by the Dali Lama when I was very young when I came to the states and I recently saw him speak at University of Buffalo, I would love to meet him again.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I woke up just now and checked to see how many people had watched “The Meaning of Life” since I uploaded it, and the number was 42. There has to be some kind of significance to that.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:25 am
I just got finished watching this right before I had to leave for class and let me tell you, seeing such a strong and resilient people like that has lifted my spirits right up! :) Thanks for giving me the chance to see something like that.
March 8th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Beautiful work, I ofcourse love all the coverage of my son who I have not seen in 159 days. On a more serious note, I’m proud of your work, and who you are. As I said before, beautiful work!
March 19th, 2007 at 9:20 am
This is incredible. Not only your comics, but whatching this video is truly inspiring. Our city will welcome monks from Drepung Gomang to do a mandala in April. I am quite excited for them to come here. Thanks for your site, looks like you are having a great time!
March 26th, 2007 at 4:53 am
hi ryan ur mission gone wrong was awesome….subu & kusum….
April 27th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
hi ryan ur meaning of life was just too good,i especially loved the fact of u teaching them to speak in english.u r reaching out to millions of people n bringin a smile to them, u have actually touched their lives by doing so,just a smile can change their lives too.Great goin man keep up the good work.am sure by just watchin ur video u r inspiririn lot of people to do the same.
May 11th, 2007 at 5:10 am
hey ryan! ur doing a great job. and i feel inspired to just go out and search the meaning of life . always wanted to ..but wondered if it wud help..u made me realise it does..