NOTE FROM JEFF:
My film about the whales and dolphins, 'Aihe Tohora Paikea Wananga', has been accepted into the
'Heaven On Earth' competition, and thanks to Laurie and Jacob Tietelbaum
of the Big Island, Hawai'i for making this happen. This is actually
just the 'trailer' for the much more in-depth project which is under way
now. IF you love the whales and dolphins AND you want to support my
work on their behalf, PLEASE take five minutes and register yourself at
the link below so that you can VOTE FOR MY FILM. This would mean a lot
to me. First Prize is $3000 usd, which would go a long way in support of
this project, which is totally pro bono and a labour of love on my
part. Of all the other films in this competition, the one with the most
votes only has 32, and another has 25, the rest only a very few or none.
So if just a few dozen real friends take the time to register and vote
for my project, I might stand a good chance of winning. I've only been
accepted as of two days ago (16 December), and the dead-line for voting is 21 January 2015.
PLEASE WATCH THE TRAILER AT THE LINK BELOW AND PLEASE REGISTER AND VOTE FOR ME...I
thank you for taking the time to read this and for your on-going
friendship and support of my creative work and information activism on
behalf of mitakuye oyasin and life as we know her on Mother Earth.
WATCH TRAILER AND VOTE HERE:
I
feel that the whales and dolphins are the ORIGINAL 'people' of Mother
Earth, and that they have inhabited the 'garden of Eden', or 'heaven on
Earth' for FAR longer than we have even existed. We, homo sapiens, 'man,
the wise', are the ONLY beings on this planet who are MAKING 'HEAVEN'
IMPOSSIBLE. The whales and dolphins, as the most advanced sentient
beings on this planet, are by far our GREATEST HOPE to understand what
is really going on with our out-of-balance ways of 'life' and how to
renavigate the human process. I feel that their MAIN MESSAGE to us on
how to regain 'heaven on Earth' is this:
"LIVE SIMPLY SO THAT OTHERS MAY SIMPLY LIVE."
Jeff Phillips
South Island
New Zealand :)
WATCH TRAILER AND VOTE HERE:
'AIHE TOHORA PAIKEA WANANGA', or 'THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM OF WHALES & DOLPHINS'.
"This
is the trailer to a 'beyond film' I am working on. Using all of my most
advanced creative, media and information skills, this project is not
only a 'documentary' in the sense of exploring who the cetaceans are as
fellow beings on Mothership Earth as well as what the real global
threats to their well-being and existence are, but also a 'beyond film'
in that, through a neo-shamanic synthesis and integration of multiple
dimensions, I am transcending the medium of film per se to open a
'portal' into the domain of cetacean consciousness, having long been
invited into and embraced by who I regard not only as 'the ultimate
indigenous people' but also a 'true extra-terrestrial intelligence.'
Sound and music are as important in this project as are visuals. I have
interviews with many top cetacean researchers as well as indigenous
'whale-dreaming' talking-chiefs and story-tellers from several
indigenous cultures. I am working on creating some animation to assist
in the display of scientific information as well as to enliven my art. I
am compiling a state-of-the-art data base relating to GMEIA (Global
Marine Environmental Impact Assessment) and MAMIAW (Marine Anthropogenic
Military-Industrial Activity Warfare). The 'beyond film' will function
as 'audio-visual software' that will ultimately create a real-time link
between human and cetacean consciousness fields, in honour of our true
kinship. It is an attempt to 'mend the sacred hoop'."
Beyond
this competition, I am actively seeking funding assistance for this
increasingly urgent project. I am not a 'non-profit' organization who
solicits donations, but a single dedicated person who loves the 'people
of the sea.' Anytime someone buys my art or commissions me to do a piece
of art for them, they are directly supporting all that I do.
I am also looking for sources of high-quality underwater footage of cetaceans, if you have any suggestions please let me know.
"COMING FORTH BY DAY" Song by Jeff Phillips/Wefferson
IN HONOUR OF ETERNAL LIFE FOR CETACEANS & 'MITAKUYE OYASIN'
Music is the 'language of the soul'. I share this multi-track musical experiment I did in Christchurch NZ in 2007, with my 'audio wizard' mate Ian McAllister. I played all the parts and made it up off the top of my head, in honour of my mom and dad who were killed in a car accident in 2004. I offer this now to honour the Maui's dolphins, all the cetaceans, 'mitakuye oyasin', or 'all my relations', the 'people of one heart' and Mother Earth. My music is part of an effort on my part to inspire miraculous transformations of human 'consciousness' RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
HERE IS MY 'SYNOPSIS' FOR THE PROJECT
SYNOPSIS FOR ‘AIHE TOHORA
PAIKEA WANANGA’*,
A ‘BEYOND FILM’ PROJECT by JEFF
PHILLIPS
I refer to this project as
a ‘beyond film’ because I am attempting to ‘transcend the medium’ by means of a
synthesis of all of my creative abilities in multi-disciplinary science
(zoology, psychology, ecology), philosophy, visual arts and music/sound
experiments.
My article “We are not
alone…yet: How we are waging war on a true ‘extra-terrestrial intelligence’ “
is not only a comprehensive statement on the leading edge of cetacean awareness
and our relationship with them, which will hopefully be expanded into a book or
books, it also serves as an outline for this ‘beyond film’ project.
The primary purposes of
this ‘beyond film’ are
1) to provide the necessary back-ground information in
order to ‘set the stage’ for this journey into the unknown, to understand our
own limitations in this work
2) to explore who the cetaceans really are as fellow
sentient beings, at once very similar to us in many ways yet incomprehensibly
alien in others
3) to identify what the major global threats to their
survival and well-being actually are and to suggest possible renavigations of
the current human process which can remove these threats
4) to honour the whales and dolphins, to celebrate our
mutual co-existence here and now
5) to ‘go inside their minds’, in as much as we are
being invited to do so, in real time, using a combination of the audio-visual
technologies in the ‘beyond film’ as well as our own internal technologies of
mind and brain.
I am in a
unique position to do this project, and I know of no one else on this planet
who is both willing and able to do it. My decades of involvement with the
cetaceans, my unique connections, back-ground and on-going research and
activism converge with my love of them as fellow beings and fellow
passengers/crew of Mother Earth. I am a single individual with an extensive
network of contacts. The fact that I work for no one other than Mother Earth
makes it possible for me to be totally and completely honest in this work. The
whole story is the only true story, and it’s one that desperately needs
telling.
The basic
stages or phases of the project are
1) TECHNOLOGY Getting new hard- and soft-ware to continue the film-making process (external
hard-drives, etc) and a new HD video camera to continue my own filming at the
next level
[NOTE: Progress has been made on these new technologies]
2) UNDERWATER FOOTAGE Obtaining more
high-quality under-water footage of cetaceans to use in the film. Right now I
have several potential sources of footage that I would be licensed to use for
free. I am also exploring further sources of excellent footage that would only
be available for a fee.
3) TRAVEL In order to conduct an
on-going series of interviews with a select network of minds and researchers in
various places as well as to get cetacean footage of my own
4) ANIMATION To add an additional
dimension to the ‘beyond film’, bringing some my cetacean-related art to life
as well as to create state-of-the-art graphics and information displays to
convey the major ideas of the project
5) RESEARCH and ACTIVISM This is
constantly on-going on my part, to broaden my knowledge base, get and keep in
touch with other researchers whose work I consider to be important, and to
share this knowledge, information and insight with the interested and caring
public
6) SOUNDTRACK and MUSIC The music and
audio for this project is at least as important as the visuals. The cetaceans
are masters of sound, and as a musician and ‘sound scientist’ my goal is to
create an amazing experimental sound-track using my own musical creations in
conjunction with recordings (or even real-time transmissions) of cetacean
sounds
7) EDITING and POST-PRODUCTION This
is the final stage before a finished version is ready. This is quite a tedious
and time-consuming phase but is really where it all comes together. The utmost
care and attention to detail is necessary here.
In
addition to a film or series of films or shows, this project could involve the
creation and dissemination of a book or books, posters, visual art and
t-shirts, all working together not only to present ‘Aihe Tohora Paikea Wananga’
but also to celebrate and honour our most special fellow beings.
* Ancient Maori, ‘The
knowledge and wisdom of whales and dolphins’
JEFF REF'S ON CETACEANS
COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE by Jeff Phillips (Outline for 'beyond film')
'ON THE BRINK' RADIO with Jeff Phillips/Wefferson
(recent cetacean-oriented episodes)
#89 ORKATSAKA DREAMING - HOWARD GARRETT OF ORCANET.ORG INTERVIEW
#85 IN 2 HRS: CETACEAN DREAMING AOTEAROA / DOLPHINTALK RADIO MULTI-LOGUE
#83 'A HOLISTIC APPROACH'/MAUI'S DOLPHINS UNDER ATTACK/'BIG 3' OF WAR ON CETACEANS
#82 in 6 HRS: STEPHEN DERUBY CD 'SACRED SPACES' MUSICAL/NATURE EXPERIMENT
#81 'GIONG DREAMING' GAVI DUNCAN, GUMAROI/DARKINJUNG, INTERVIEW & MUSIC :)
#80 'AQUA NULLIUS' or 'A VACANT OCEAN'/GLOBAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT
