Comments on: Into the Wild: The Sean Ward Review

By: SeanWard

SeanWard — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:49:03 +0000

That is wonderful of you to say, homey! Thank you so much.

By: eggtoss

eggtoss — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:23:56 +0000

I'm lovin this. Graham just showed me the posting and i had to read it. Graham was lovin it too. Chris McC changed the way i viewed life in a real way. I'm glad you took the time to watch the movie Sean, and to answer your thought, no i didn't just think it was a “good” movie. I had a feeling you'd really appreciate it. There's two type of people in the world. The sayers and the doers. Sean you're definitely a doer and you inspire everyone around you. See you soon brotha!

By: SeanWard

SeanWard — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:53:07 +0000

Yeah, I like what you're saying. Me being an Artist, I see everything through that lens. The world is my medium, and life is my work of art. If we're aware and conscious of not only the fact that everything we do has an effect on the world, but everything I take part in or that happens to me colors my experience, influences my decisions, and then comes out as affecting the world through me. That's why it's important to not be passive about it, and the “aw, damn it all!” cop out is a passive stance, no better or more constructive than blindly buying in.

By: marda mischa

marda mischa — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:08:33 +0000

I have not seen this movie, and will now, but can completely relate to the struggles one faces in society. I made a similar yet not so drastic move and left behind an entire life I had accumulated in search for meaning in the simplicity of it all. It was very challenging I will not lie. I thought that by removing myself from society and its reality, my life would make sense. It did for a short time, but like the statement “Happiness is Shared” – we are part of something for a reason.

Change comes from within and the best thing you can do is to be yourself and to live in joy, whatever that means for you. That WILL impact the whole more profoundly than anything else.

By: SeanWard

SeanWard — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:39:47 +0000

There's a piece of the puzzle that I didn't think about in time to include it in the review, but there's a part in the movie, very close to the end, where he writes in his book “Happiness is Shared”. He goes on his journey to get away from the rusty, broken machine that is civilization. He thinks that all of society is bullshit. But when he realized that “Happiness is Shared”, he realizes that society is every doing the best we can to share happiness. I got away from that anti-consumerism, anti-corporate, Adbusters mode of thinking because the logical conclusion of all of that is to stand gloating while the whole world burns down. Once we, like Chris, realize that “Happiness is Shared”, we can start to try to change society from within it to be an even better reflection of that ideal.

By: tuckermike

tuckermike — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:02:40 +0000

Yes! I know this movie and my mom was a big fan of the book when it came out.

Look for a Sundance produced series called "Iconoclasts" with the episode featuring Sean Penn and the writer of the book. They take the trip up to Chris' bus house, and camp there for the night.

That's truly a great way to look at it, Sean. To look within yourself and take it to the outermost limit! It's defiantly the sort of thing I'm thinking a lot about right now