There Are Mountains in the Clouds

[betterchapter]

It’s honestly a privilege to be able to access channels like Horses for free… what a treasure trove of knowledge

[BlueFluffles-ltnl]

“Tiger got to hunt, Bird got to fly, Man got to sit and wonder ‘why? why? why?’, Tiger got to sleep, Bird got to land, Man got to tell himself he understand” - Kurt Vonnegut

[TheCommentor-]

Horses really making me think why I spend all this time on the internet

[xxluggixx]

"A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts"

[PySimpleGUI]

For some of us, you're altering our paths in profoundly positive ways. Keep spreading your message ♥

[a]

Sir, as someone who selfishly consumes the content and thoughts of others while rarely giving anything in return I feel compelled to say something to you.

You first caught my attention some time ago because of the similarities in existential thought and self reflection that you have in your videos with my own thoughts and my own personal pursuit of understanding what I can only vaguely call the truth.

You further resonated with me when, in one of your previous videos, you spoke about how you too once toiled in the harsh and thankless world of the culinary industry. Like a fellow pirate on another ship as 2 pirate ships pass in the night I always feel a quiet connection with other former and current dishwashers, cooks and chefs where I can know them without asking like their work ethic, ability to commit and give of themselves and their tolerance for discomfort, stress and poverty.

Sir, since finding your channel I always watch your videos as soon as I see they are posted not because I think they will solve my life’s problems or tell me how to live but because so often they stop my world in its tracks like stopping while hiking in a meadow on a hike to take notice of a blooming flower or the wind as it blows through the surrounding trees. It makes me truly think and reflect on the existence we’re all here experiencing together.

I regard your videos as nothing short of works of art which I find beautiful and almost make me cry knowing how so easily lost to the infinite they will someday be as everything else must in the uncaring course of time.

Sir, as a fan of Emerson who often avoids having to hear what others have to say about his work, who often feels that his words get so lost when interpreted and translated by others. I can say that this short, poignant and I dare say genuine work of art at the asks us all to stop and reflect upon the thoughts of such a beautiful thinker is the best representation of the feelings I have felt reading and considering that great man’s writings.

Indeed it compelled me to stop and reflect on his words as I have so many times in the past and to reflect on this world, my life and on you.

It compelled me to stop by consumption of other peoples creation and words and come here to tell you something I want you dearly to know and which I hope you will read and take to heart.

I don’t know your name and so will only call you by your channel but; Horses, from one human to another lost but searching in the vast infinte of this universe, I love you.

Keep creating your art. It means more than words could ever say. And if there is a god, creator or otherwise may he, she or they bless you.

[DarkandWeird]

As someone who has returned to college at the age of 45, so I can get a degree and do the kind of work that I would like to do. I find this really interesting. The insights that I have into daily life and how people respond to information and situations in the real world have made the academic knowledge that I'm receiving so much more powerful and actionable. I think we do education in a very backward way; by trying to give knowledge to people with no experience, they often miss the importance of what they are being taught. This was an amazing video, and as always, it gave me something to think about. Thank you.

[austenl]

Minute 9:21 comment: "He competes for his own respect and that is the highest honor that he can achieve." That is one of the most true philosophical statements I've ever heard. I couldn't agree more.

[Aphoboth]

I've watched this video like 10 times. Never in a hurry. Never paused. Just how it is.
Thank you for your work, Mr Horses

[sutlimas]

love your fluid writing and the framing of each video. thumbnail choices go hard (vague enough to be bold, if that makes sense) and for the meat of it. bless you for the even sound mix (very sensory friendly), your vocal cadence. visually, you form something quietly evocative--a gentle sort of adam curtis--and there is an almost hypnotic quality to each edit. all to watch, never to only listen. it clicks just right in the brain

[ueaikibishi]

I was just having a discussion similar to this with my husband. Our society no longer has the social infrastructure that people of previous generations have. Even when watching old films, pre personal computers, people of all ages were OUTSIDE. Whether they were at parties, open eateries, parks or even at libraries. You would go outside and SEE people. There were still public debates and discussions, but they arent the same as the ones we have online. Being able to look someone youre arguing with in the eye is tremendously important. But now we are all miserable, which is no wonder considering we are addicted to the thing caging us in our own homes. Life is beautiful, even blades of grass flowing in the wind. But we dont even get to see it or to feel the wind pushing into us as well.

[ekurisona]

"a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention"

[aizac]

“Reality is a resource which can never be match by academia, books, scholarly materials; these things are finite. We may regurgitate and republish work forever.” - best described West/European liberal society mindset.

As a native southeast asian, he described best how Westerners today prefer their statistics, policies, and algorithms to the actual reality of understanding human society and the world.

[t.j.vellinga]

I recently started gardening and growing my own food. This video really spoke to me on why when I wake up the first thing I want to do is check on my plants, not my phone. And when I come home from work, to check on my plants, not my phone. And when I do the opposite I feel empty. But when putting the real in charge, I feel fulfilled.

[hamburgler]

Twenty years ago, I discovered the Tao te Ching. Changed my outlook and trumps pretty much every other philosophy I’ve ever encountered: others travel far and wide and know many things, I alone know nothing. I am the fool. I do not try, I do not desire things to be other than they are. Effortless oneness with the whole. Lead people without them knowing they’ve been lead. Teach without teaching. Be like water, infinitely soft and flowing. Things are neither good nor bad. All is as it has to be.

[yasmynmolina]

I’ve been trying to push myself to cope in this miserable job, doubting and fearing the idea of changing because of the comfort and ease of stability. But having your head in the sand, while safe, is indeed not a life well lived.
Thank you Horses.

[c_estvib]

someone should make a meta analysis of this
"On Horses' There Are Mountains in the Clouds"

[jaythehulkmoeller]

This is one of the most inspiring videos ive watched on youtube. Thank you, i believe im a better person having watched and processed it. Ill view this several more times in the future.

[appelsien]

What an amazing meditation this is! It made me shed a tear, as someone who tried his best at creative arts in academia for years with a great feeling of failure as a result it was my girlfriend that pointed out to me my tunnel vision on wanting to create. Now I’m studying to become a social worker as I’ve learnt and accepted the only things that matter in life is yourself, your closed ones and close community. I’m happy I’ve found this path and accepted that great wealth will not be my future, forever doubting on the path I follow, I feel like it is the right one for me.

Love and understand one another, smile in the streets and keep trying to see the beauty in the little things. We got this.

[dw]

"We eat what we are fed and we do not see what is not at the buffet". Damn, you're good Horses, you're really good.