Vitality Contest

These are the postings of our little big contest. In our video we asked "what makes you feel alive?" check it out here The entry deadline is set for 25th of April. After that date we'll make the "award ceremony video" which we'll post on YouTube. So keep some more vitality coming to this page! Vitality Contest participants: (in order of date received)	The Award Ceremony The long awaited award ceremony is here! This is the closing to our "Vitality Contest" In the video you'll all see who the winniners are. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw_l7PPqC_M
Mike, Ricardo and Steve receive the 3 piece limited edition iBand CD. We hope everybody enjoyed participating and keep the spirit going!
April 25 Mike Hi, I'm Mike, a dutch Physician how lives in Austria. The spark of vitality is injected in me throught the Love of GOD, which is reflected in the eyes of the little angels, that are my daughters. Without LOVE life is not vital, but lethal. Ohne LIEBE ist das Leben elendig statt lebendig.
April 18 Ricardo Art makes me feel alive. Reanimating nature, people... life itself. Expressing ideas, feelings... my own thoughts. Creating stuff makes me feel alive. "The purpose of art is to wash the dust of our daily life off our souls" -Pablo Piccaso
March 26 Steve There is nothing that makes one more vital than fulfilling a dream one has had since childhood. As a child I dreamed of flying, on virtually anything...pumpkins, folded up boxes, folded lawn chairs, broom sticks, or just on my own. I spent many an early Sunday morning watching ospreys fish with my uncle, wishing I was up there with them. Last year I began my training, and even flew above an osprey. Just last week I picked up my first set of wings.
The other submissions Unfortunately we couldn't make more than 3 Cds. The process isn't that simple, as you can see in the Vitality Video None the less we appreciate every single of your submissions and hope you take your vitality with you wherever you go!
April 25 Babsi Stones I'm touched wenn I can regard them in their beauty, uniqueness and heaviness, makes the feeling of getting close to god, the world and myself, I'm finding calmness when I take them with me, they remind me exactly of the place where I found them, of the feelings around, the air of the sea or wooden moss odour, salt on the skin or wild wind, freedom under the sky or security in a cave.. makes me feel alive
April 25 Su and Raffi I feel free to move-so I can follow my aims. Raffi: jumping, running, rolling but also standing is important to express motion, which is making me alive. Su: I feel alive when i´m doing things that give me freedom to move. There are three things that make us free to live 1.attitiudes 2.creativity 3.experiences
April 25 Anderson To be with my band, making a very loud noise. Can be in the stage, studio or simply in a relax time, it aways make me feel alive. Our musics are simple, with few chords and good lyrics. Play them is a incredibly pleasant experience, we feel every note, every beat. Music is life. And I like to live at about 110 dB.
April 25 Jojo I'm Jojo, 20 years, student from Salzburg. This is the best switch
April 25 Israel Hello i live in México, and the photo say something about me, about how i enjoy the small things of life, because like i say "The best things of life are free", and the music is for all eternity and all kind of life. The most simple is for one, is greatest for others. Can you say me hello (hola)? xD.... See you soon!!...
April 25 Hernan new life makes me feel alive. new minds. new futures. no corruption. no discrimination brought to the world fresh and sound. new hope for this sick world. Why do I say this? This is who i am. Hernan Sananes. 20 years old. Born in Argentina. I live in Argentina. I study Economics. Family of 5 siblings. My dad. My mom. Who is the one in the picture. My new cousin. His father 60. Her mother 35. Why? He was married to my real aunt. My real aunt was married before to my real uncle. They had to kids. mY Real cousins. He died. She married with Him. No kids She Died. He married with her (From Spain). Met and fall in love. He had no sons. Now he has. 60 years old. Gave a new life. new futures for all. new futures for him no corrupted mind. hope for the world.
April 24 Nick I am a 14 year old boy who loves music. I have been playing guitar for 3 years now and just recently finished my first gig. Muis is my passion, it's what makes me feel alive. I have an iPod touch and am recently trying to get my own iBand together (theres no competition though, on account of alot of the people i know dont own an iPhone/ iPod Touch)
April 23 Aidan Hi, my name is Aidan, i'm Twelve and ive tried to commit suicide. After that i met this girl maia. We talked and became friends. She makes me feel so good and alive. Thats why she is my vitality. But currently she is mad at me and has been for 2 weeks and i dont know if ill get her back.
April 21 Roman Hi my name is Roman, I'm 20 years old guy from Austria and with this little collage I try to show my little passion. Travelling and having fun with friends and music. All these pictures are from the last year till now ... every time I look at them I feel free ... because time doesn't really exist in our brain. Enjoy it ...
April 20 Eole When I feel alive... I like do penspinning :D. It isn't really physical or impressive but I like that. I'll be a best penspinner when 1'm 18 ^^.
April 13 Erika On the yards of a windjammer, when the wind blows through my hair, that's when I feel most alive.
April 11 Zé I'm Zé. What give me strenght to keep going are my true friends who are always there! Viltality is definetely FRIENDSHIP Because of them i know, when i wake up, there is somebody thinking on me and caring whatever i'm doing.
April 9 Dou The only one who makes me happy is my girlfriend. She is the best in the world and I love her more than everything and everybody. and i also want to get marry with her. She is real and she is love for me, i was really surprised when i saw nobody posted anything about love.. Vitality is LOVE, for sure! :)
April 9 Gary I am Gary. My Vitality is what drives me. Dodging the bullets and weaving in and out of the brush is what it is all about. Teamwork is key; without teamwork we would not succeed. My vitality depends on others cooperating as a single entity, a being that is focused on one and only one objective; winning is the key. Most important of all the factors is having fun! Its always been a strong belief of mine that you should do what you love, and love what you do. I am an individual that lives his life by this of many principles. I am me.
April 7 Rebecca Hi, my name is Rebecca Mullikin. I have this dream to travel the world. I am hoping to do this through the Air Force. I am currently in the JROTC program, so it wont be long before I fullfill my dream. I'm not so much as entering this contest to win anything or to be on Youtube. To be honest I'd rather not, I only decided to do this because I want people to know that dreams can come true. You just have to trust them.
April 7 Jesse I'm a fifteen year old guy and something that makes me feel alive is the fact that Iím a Christian and that Iím part of something bigger. Also i'm going to participate in my first charity. The charity is the 30 hour famine which is hosted by world vision. On Friday April 11 I have to raise a minimum of 50 dollars and I can't eat for thirty hours. Either helping someone realize that Jesus died for them or helping to feed someone else, it makes me feel alive.
April 5 Papa not one of my own pictures, but of what i do (i don't have a digital camera or a scanner). i am a cat scan technologist. helping diagnose disease and injuries, and just knowing that i am involved in the health and well being of people makes me alive. the ability to help take away somebody's pain and discomfort, or even to save their life is rewarding enough to keep me alive for years to come.
April 1 Calvin Hello, I'm Calvin Truong i'm a teenager hoping to form a iband with some friends. My vitality action is about freedom and comfort of my surroundings. The rainbow describes the freedom to flow. And the open field describes the freedom to go anywhere I want. This is something I really want to do when I become older.
April 1 Nik I have chronic depression, to tell the truth, i think the only reason i am alive is thanks to my lizards, i have a family of blue tongue lizards, this is Eric, the father. I have had the mother, Bluey, for about 8 years, and Eric (below) for about 2 years, they had 6 babies, one of whom i had to sell, but i love them with all my heart, and i often feel that they bring light into my world of darkness and sorrow. :)
April 1 Maarten what really makes me feel alive is just hanging out with friends talk about the things you love, hate and other stuf. just having a laugh and forgetting the things around you because in the end you know they have your back and i there back. the picture was taken on our senior trip in holland and knowing your not gonna see them as much after that is somewhat painfull but that picture brings back good memory's of good and idiotic stuff. And at the end you know you have some friend for life. from let to right jonathan, sam and me
March 30 Mary hey im mary and hanging with my friends gives me vitality cause my friends are crazy and whenever im with them i feel alive. maybe its cause they push me to do things i normally wouldn't do on my own. Plus they make me laugh which makes me wanna hang out with em more cause i have a good time so i do more things i normally wouldn't do. I can totally be myself around them which makes me act differently. im bolder, braver, louder, sillier, and happyer when im with em.
March 26 Todd Hello, My Vitality is skydiving or any sport that gets the adrenaline flowing. I'm a student at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, and I'm studying German. So I don't have too much extra time but when I do I make the best of it and do something exciting, like skydiving or riding motorcycle.
March 26 S. C. Here's a nice photo demonstrating an activity that truly boosts my vitality. What can I say, there is nothing like stepping off the ground and into the air! It awards the greatest freedom and grants life long vitality. Too bad it can't be bottled! Who I am - S. C. Wise of (small town) Bath, NY.
March 25 Christian makes me feel alive: mountainbiking, the best down the hill, with a couple of friends, all over the world, picture shot at Whistler Mountain, BC, Canada
March 24 Sky Hi, my name is Sky. I guess what makes me feel alive is my friends & family. They provide food, shelter, love & friendship, which are very important.
March 24 Suhel ...after some months of burning incense I arrived at my newest hobby... a lot of the herbs can be brewed as tea, but I am only starting here. Some of the substances I used for some time while cooking (e.g. Nutmeg and Ginger), some are new (like orange blossoms or verbena) and thus the circle is closed; from cooking to burning incense to tea; taste, olfaction and taste again; past, present and future. To take the time for ones sensual experiences, small rituals for oneself (or a higher order, if one chooses to believe), to forget about all the stress and the readmill(s), to just feel and experience... that is not a flight from live but a flight into live. Out of the narrow borders that one builds for himself - or society builds - into experience and cognition.