I
like filming. I have been filming my expeditions since the mid –
eighties. It is a way to share what I do, what I think and what I
believe.|
Alone Across Australia A Story About A Man Who Takes His Dog For A Walk Why did I want to film Alone Across Australia?By: Jon MuirI
like filming. I have been filming my expeditions since the mid –
eighties. It is a way to share what I do, what I think and what I
believe.In the case of Alone Across
Australia, this was particularly important, because I was on my
own, in my element, using the camera as a diary as well as a way to
show people what an amazing place the real Australia is.
I have reached a time in my
life and experience where it is important for me to share my ideas
and philosophy with other people. Filming allows me to reach a wider
audience than any other means. I have a simple message about a simple
animal, Homo sapiens. The message is: we should learn more from our
history and our past. It is there to be learned from, but we keep
on repeating the same mistakes through the millennia; the mistake
of destroying the very things that sustain our lives.
For the last ten years, I have
thought of us as going down an evolutionary blind alley. We have lost
sight of what it is to be human. When I filmed Alone Across
Australia,
I was the closest I ever got to our long history. And our long history
stretches back several hundred thousand years. For most of that time,
we've survived by travelling simply and purely across the landscape,
and treading lightly.
Extinction is a very real possibility
for humans in the centuries ahead. Perhaps this would be the best
thing for all the other life on earth! But if we survive, it will
be as a harmonious part of the planet's eco system. There is just
no other way.
I think that's what motivated
me to film. But this is different from why I was out there. I was
there to challenge myself in a way I had never before, and to melt
in the Australian landscape. I have succeeded in the latter two. I
hope we will succeed in getting my message across as well.
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