To you, The Wanderer, who found your way here:

Imagine you are in Europe. 

Imagine that the internet is the ocean. 

Imagine this website is a message in a bottle, floated across the Atlantic…

…and it found its way to you.

I’m sure I don’t know you. Maybe you don’t even know yourself. Most people don’t. But some people are brave enough to try.

There are many ways to try. 

You can journal.

You can go to therapy.

You can create art. 

You live in a world where you have access to nearly everyone walking the planet, and yet you find it harder to connect than ever.

You create art with supplies that are often cheaper and more accessible than ever before…

…and still people don’t see it…hear it…feel it…

You are a seed buried in the ground, growing roots in the soil best you can, hoping to break on through to the other side up into the light.

You don’t always find the light though. And sometimes when you do, you see the world around you looks a lot different than yourself.

You are not for everyone and everyone is not for you.

That is okay. That is more than okay.

Still, you carry on when darkness takes hold because you’d rather adapt and land on the Galápagos Islands than be dead in the water.

You are a creator after all in a multitude of ways, I’m sure.

I know this well…because I used to create for pure expression. I created films to better understand myself…

And when I made Sydney, all my experiences with mental health and neurodivergence came through.

That’s just how it was for me.

When you finish watching it, you might let out a breath of relief…

…or if you’re a specific kind of person you may find that you were staring into a frightening mirror.

…a reminder that you are not for everyone and everyone is not for you.

—Jeremy Berkowitz