Mike Gravel in The Wall Street Journal


On Principles & Values: Video "Fire" is metaphor for gathering & using experience

Gravel's video, "Fire," is stark. It shows Gravel gathering wood before cutting to a burning campfire that fills the screen for the next 7 minutes. "And that would be a metaphor for what?" Gravel is asked. "For what?" replies Gravel. "For a person who has the sticks under his arms, the wood--he's got wisdom. And then he picks up some more, gets some more experience, and then sets a fire with the wood. And the fire is the epitome of contribution, meaning that it's warmth, it's wisdom, it's light."
Source: Wall Street Journal "Washington Wire" blog on YouTube video Jun 19, 2007

On Principles & Values: Video "Rock" is metaphor for causing changes in society

That was interesting, some have even said bizarre, MSNBC anchor Amy Robach says to Gravel in an interview after watching the "rock" video, in which the candidate, standing by a lake, seems to be playing a very long staring contest with the camera before ambling down a path, picking up a large rock and tossing it into the water. "What was the purpose of that?" Robach asks. "To get people talking?"

Not at all, replies Gravel, explaining that "It's not a spot" ad but rather the brainchild of a couple of young men from California who sought to film a "metaphor of what they saw me as a person who's thoughtful, who then wanted to make a difference. Throwing a rock in the water was a metaphor for causing ripples and changes in society, and then walking down and disappearing--isn't that what life's about? We start, try to do something, and then go on."

Source: Wall Street Journal "Washington Wire" blog on YouTube video Jun 19, 2007

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