#2 What Inspires Daniel Roth?

Both this song and video really inspire me. The footage totally matches the imagery of the song. Music is so important to me, but I am in no way musically talented. Music videos are a great way for me to contribute to helping deliver a message a particular song. The music is so beautiful in this video. Sometimes when I take photos, I listen to music as inspiration. Music has the ability to make someone feel a particular emotion. I think video adds even more to that.




This video is truly amazing! Even though it is an ad for a travel agency, someone still traveled the world and filmed all of this. This would really be a dream if I was ever given the opportunity to do this. The world is such a beautiful place and to film all over it would be a dream.

The movie "The Wackness" is such an inspirational movie. The key line that stuck out to me was along the lines of, "We need to do the things in life to become the men we want to be." That really stuck out to me because of all the changes I am going through in my life. It made me start to realize that I am about to be on my own and I need to start thinking about how I want to live my life.

 I work for The Crimson White, as the multimedia editor. This is my boss, Victor Luckerson. On April 27th, when the tornado hit, our staff was flung into a non-stop chase of stories. The morning after the tornado at 7 am in the Crimson White office he told us that "Our paper is not a product, it's a service." Those words totally changed the way I viewed my job. I was no longer creating something for my portfolio or a cool video, I was providing information for the students of the University of Alabama.

This is the band, NEEDTOBREATHE. They are a Christian band from North Carolina. They're music is full of Christian undertones and meanings. They don't always come out and say that they are talking about God, but reveal their faith through life experiences. I sometimes listen to them as a prayer. It's always such a peaceful and inspiring experience when listening to them.

This is my family. I don't think there is anything that inspires me more than them. My brother, Nick is 18 and will be at Alabama next year. My parents both teach special education. I am always so proud of them. They're the greatest people I know and would be nothing with out all three of them. 

Carson Tinker inspires me because of his faith. Bouncing back from what he went through is truly incredible. I follow him on Twitter and his tweets alone are incredibly inspiring. Every time I go on a run and workout and am getting tired and thinking about quitting, all it takes to keep going is thinking about him and his perseverance. 

As sappy it that sounds, I really feel inspired by nice days. When it is really pretty outside, I feel like I have to partake in everything it has to offer. I want to see every pretty scene that the day has to offer. I often put on some headphones and just walk around and look at everything. 

The Alabama pump-up videos really, really inspire me. I want to do stuff like that for a living and everytime I watch those, there is no doubt about what my passion is. 

The final thing that inspires me, is when I have a very friendly encounter with a complete stranger. It is very reassuring to see that there are people in the world that care about others, especially if they don't know the person. I think that's what life is about anyway: developing relationships and loving others.