Why it was important to create “The Great Realisation” – Interview with the Author

“I was feeling very strongly that the information I was consuming was deeply negative and full of fear,” said Tomos Roberts, a 26-year-old filmmaker and poet from London. “At the same time, I feel quite strongly that if you don’t have anything to be hopeful for, your worldview can become one of despair as well. And I think if there are any steps we can take to avoid the tendency toward despair then they are worth taking.”

Roberts was interviewed recently by the Washington Post (go here to read the complete interview) about his bedtime story-parable-fairytale that has been viewed on YouTube over 6 million times in two weeks – in English alone. It has also been translated independently into multiple languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian.

Clearly, Roberts’ message has struck a universal chord of hope and optimism for a new society in which people are kinder and more mindful.

Is it actually possible that humanity can resurrect itself from this pandemic period? Roberts’ video-poem illustrates a kindling, an energy, a something in humankind that ignites a deep desire for improvement that lifts humanity up from the effects of tragedy and leads to progress.

As Roberts envisions it, “On a hopeful day, I would suggest the thing that is magical about hope — and optimism especially — is that if enough people choose to adopt it, the potential for good things to happen becomes more likely.”

Here’s proof: Look what good an out-of-work poet has accomplished by contributing his talent!  Each one of us must have a kindling-something that can ignite a good thing to lift up our neighbors. A kinder, more mindful society is in our future.