ORIGIN
In the spring of 2012, two friends set off on a cross-country trek to learn more about the dichotomies of life and the phenomenon of suicide. Traveling by bicycle, the two rode from The San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, California to Wappingers Falls, New York. On their journey they stopped in cities and towns across the nation to listen and talk with those who lost friends and family to suicide. Their hope was that dialog would bring growth and peace to the survivors left behind.
The cyclists’ goal was to inspire the transformation in one’s life by creative self-expression through devoted self-reflection. Allowing the time needed for self-reflection while working through emotional trauma or any life experience can act as a vehicle for radical change for an individual’s life, especially when that change is created with an artistic level of self-expression. Art can act as a powerful catharsis. The transformative healing power not only has the potential to heal the artist, but when expressed to the outer world it can act as a catalyst for another individual’s healing process.
The cyclists are under no delusion that they will vanquish or stem the acts of suicide. Rather, through their cross-country tour, they hope to understand the cycle of pain with which it comes.
The cyclists’ goal was to inspire the transformation in one’s life by creative self-expression through devoted self-reflection. Allowing the time needed for self-reflection while working through emotional trauma or any life experience can act as a vehicle for radical change for an individual’s life, especially when that change is created with an artistic level of self-expression. Art can act as a powerful catharsis. The transformative healing power not only has the potential to heal the artist, but when expressed to the outer world it can act as a catalyst for another individual’s healing process.
The cyclists are under no delusion that they will vanquish or stem the acts of suicide. Rather, through their cross-country tour, they hope to understand the cycle of pain with which it comes.