vagabond
searching for sagas
SAGABOND
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Unlocking human potential by illuminating global stories
through the lens of music videos
hy does your brain feel like a battleground at times?
It's because it holds two minds in one: the ancient instinct for survival and the modern intellect of reason.
Learning their dance helps us become fully present and invincible as our authentic selves.
Let’s travel the world in search of keys to such duality, weaving clarity through the power of shared stories.
NB! This website is brand new. More pages will be activated as I go.
The most valuable asset you own isn't money. It's your ability to think clearly in a world designed to confuse you.
Currently traveling in: Costa Rica
aga is the artist name that I took upon myself on the mission to illuminate world sagas through my own art and music in the shape of short films.
I have always non-stop created things since I was a child, and after I studied animation I could not believe I had to choose a profession. That made me feel so empty and lost. Was this really all to life? I wanted to do it all; Travel, music, design, animation, concept art.
On a convention in Paris I went to hear the concept artist behind the Lord Of The Rings series, John Howe. It was the moment that changed it all. Not only did he show how far he had come only with sketching.. But I also met this guy named Raphael. When I told him I knew I had to make a sacrifice and not choose it all, he yelled with a french accent “Why not!? You have all the human might to do so”.
My calling struck me like lightning when I was at rock boredome one day working at a grocery store, when a lady asked me what I wanted to do after the summer. In a robotic voice I first mumbled “maybe study I dont know..” I was so bored with my own answer I kind of drifted and went: “Actually.. I want to travel.. and make music videos. She was suddenly bubbly alive and said in an encouraging voice ”OHH then you can find motifs around the world, you really found your golden egg!” That morning I had listened to a podcast about finding your golden egg, what a coincidence!
That day at work I made sketches on the trashed receipts, planned for 5 years while going through a time of severe anxiety. But through it all I always had my calling to build upon, and also learned to find clarity in what it means to be a human in our times. Here I am finally on my way to make and show you my discoveries.
The reason humans are so drawn to stories and have been since we were cavemen, is to transform trough them, and understand the world in shared unity. In every good story, there is a conflict to be resolved and a moral to transform by. And the real world is full of those just waiting to be uncovered!
My videos aspire to not only help individuals find meaning and consciousness in our uncertain times, but also serve as design campaigns for organizations. You can participate later by purchasing my upcomming prints or artisan merch. 40% of each payment will go to restore some world balance through donations.
I hope stories can be spread like seeds, and branch out in one big collaboration to highlight important topics and also help to physically exchange resources globally.
On the journey to capture human concepts from every country in my music videos, I must first absorb and sense the experiences they have to offer. That means discovering it’s inhabitants, plants, locations, expressions, our external creations and internal minds. All these branches I will share with you through my content here on this travel blog, the project portfolio or social media.
My concept art designs and photographs aim to capture real world stories into conceptualized percieved versions.
The videography wil be based on them, and is split into threads of past, present and future woven together. In a lightshow of past elements to preserve (2D artstyle), present moments to enjoy and take action (live action footage), and vision of future imagined outcomes (3D motion graphics).
I will learn cultural art techniques from locals and turn into art tools that I use for a more genuine storytelling to capture the stories of earth's remarkable places.
My music aims to be a daily recreational escape wrapped in a modern alt-pop genre, with cultural chants and ambiences from around the world.
The contrast between raw and refined is resembling our constant inner battles of the animal-part of the brain such as the vulnerable self or ego, and the more perfected personas of the smaller prefrontal cortex, developed for reasoning in our environments.
By uniting oppositions in awareness through my sound, lyrics and expressions, I hope to turn this battle into a dance of acceptance, growth and unity.
"Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a more powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story..."
-Ivan Illich
For a journey of a lifetime
