Tyler Wilson's Gone Goodbye

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Goodbye's are often some of the hardest things we as human beings have to say and do. Keith Rivers and Tyler Wilson's Gone Goodbye explores the difficulty in saying goodbye and leaving the life you knew behind, as well as the monotony of living you life by only going through the motions instead of enjoying it and actually living. Told through the narration of a 'Dear John' type of letter, the viewer listens to the man's reasons for leaving Catherine while we watch him driving and then staring out at the wide and open ocean. Saying goodbye, especially when that goodbye is hard and confrontational like the ending of a serious relationship, can be too much for certain people to do in person so they do something like write a goodbye letter instead. This man's letter is 'Dear John' like, but not exactly one. A 'Dear John' letter is from a woman to a man, …show more content…

For who knows how long he was going through the motions of life with Catherine trying to make her happy and be who she wanted and needed instead of who he needed and wanted himself to be. He was not living for himself and that was what made him unhappy, going through the motions of life instead of living it made him lose himself. As he stares out into the vastness that is the ocean, it begins to rain. He stands there with a stick in his hand making patterns in the dry land when a bright yellow balloon comes floating down near him. The brightness of the balloon stands out compared to the dull color tone of everything else and the greenness of the day. To me that balloon represents hope. Something is attached to the sting of the balloon which keeps floating near the man. But overtime he reaches out to grab it, it floats back as if taunting him. This is hope because it is the bright spot in an otherwise grey world, and hope is not always easy to obtain and sometimes it can taunt you but it is worth trying to

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