Double Rainbow…
So my friend Joseph posted some rainbow songs on his facebook page which had me in tears laughing. As it ends up the songs are making fun of an original video uploaded to facebook of some guy flipping out about a double rainbow he saw in Yosemite park (video above). The original video had me laughing even harder and I was convinced the guy was on some intense drugs but apparently he wasn’t. He was just knocked over, blissed out and blown away by this amazing rainbow. As he says it was god talking to him. The thing is when you hear his voice it really does sound like that is what he feels is happening.
What I found interesting is though wasn’t how funny the video was. If it was just that I would have watched it… laughed till I peed… and then moved onto the next link. No… what I found interesting was how the video made me feel. I have to admit I felt moved by it and although I tend to be less of a screamer when I am excited his reaction reminded me of some magical moments in my life where I was brought to tears by the sheer beauty of it all. Moments where god spoke to me or something like that. Not that I believe in god in a traditional sense but there have been moments where I felt something huge. Moments that have changed who I am. Moments that still fill me with utter joy when I think of them. I have tried to describe these moments to people but every time I do it comes out all wrong. Usually whoever I am talking to looks at me a little strange and like they are wondering if perhaps I am off my rocker. What I have realized is that these moments can’t really be put into words. Some things just fall flat when they are being described.
This video is funny but it is also pretty tacky. Despite that though it has been viewed over 8 millions times. Now the guy is being interviewed by all these huge television programs and nothing is really coming across. It all seems a little embarrassing and silly. How can he really describe what happened to him? It is like trying to remember an acid trip after the drugs have worn off. Yet somehow after I watched the video the trees looked a little prettier today, the light was a little brighter and the colours outside seemed a little more vibrant. And I felt happier. Somehow.. something got through from this video and made a difference in my day.
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Very good reflection…I feel the same way, quite literally I saw this and almost peed…still do when I watch it. (PS he will be interviewed on the Zone on Tuesday)
That bliss gets lost in the description when you try to relay it…those moments of wonder, clarity and evaporation of the ego. Pure in their unsolicited nature. It’s nice to be reminded you’ve been there, even if you can’t elicit that truth on demand…what does it mean? Really…Oh my gawd! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Thanks Julia
I’ve been following this whole thing since my goddaughter posted on her wall “Double Rainbow Guy I don’t know you but I love you.” Watching the video I felt almost uncomfortable to be in such a personal moment with a stranger. Too intimate. Too much emotion. But I’ve been there too, moved to tears by beauty, hearing the voice of the divine and seeing divine fingerprints in nature, human and otherwise.
The attention this video has gotten is kind of uplifting. We are all so cynical, so jaded, these days. God is easy to find in his wrathful apocalyptic facet. Divine ecstasy is out of style. And yet, double rainbow is a new trope, a swiftly spreading meme, a revalidation of the worthiness of bliss. Double Rainbow is a return to innocence and wonder and joy so pure it can make you sob. And it is a return so desperately needed that millions and millions of people have viewed it, hundreds of who then went on to make it into songs, art, and poetry, like some kind of creative cascade, radiating outward from this one spark of celestial inspiration.
That’s what it means.