The song was originally created for actor/comedian/mom Kim Griffin’s incredible podcast “Off the F*****g Rails w/ Kim Griffin” (go listen now!) and it quickly blossomed from podcast intro music into the epic orchestral cornucopia of feels you see here -- thanks in great part to the incredible arrangements of mixmaster Michael Feldman, and the musical geniuses that played on the track (list below)

The song was originally recorded outdoors, in our driveway, during the pandemic days. Then one day I went into my shed and I started working on a stop motion video....

I started making the stop-motion video on a whim, not knowing where I was going or what I was doing. I created the piece linearly (frame by frame, to the song, in sequence) using an animation app that was probably intended for children.

My mother was a teacher, and had this incredible collection of paper punches accumulated over many years, which I inherited upon her retirement. These paper punches made my cat and dog protagonists and the many tiny leaves, butterflies, hearts, loopy swirls, and twinkling stars possible.

Other scenic elements and solutions were found around the house: cotton ball clouds, a tin-foil moon, and a beaded necklace octopus I’m particularly proud of. And lots and lots of construction paper. The final sunrise was my magnum opus.

When people ask what I did during the pandemic, this is my answer. (Well, this and doing Wordle with SHART as my starting word, always.)

I’d work on it periodically over the past year(s)+, sometimes walking away for weeks/months at a time, and then resetting the shot and moving on. It was crazy, therapeutic, and a tremendous learning experience.

And when I finally finished the stop-motion, Michael Feldman dove back in and dig a kick-ass final mix of the song that sent it right into the stratosphere!

Hope you enjoy it.

xo
Juli