I took a trip to Alice Wainwright Park, the newly renovated redesigned park in Brickell Miami, Florida. After 5 years in Miami, I still feel like I'm discovering new places and every time I find a scenic place I just want to film a Hi and take you here on a visual journey too. Places this beautiful and preserved for the enjoyment of all really show that people can come together to make wonderful collective decisions. It is a place of serene peace and beauty, thoughtfully designed as a gift for residents and visitors to Miami.
Obviously, the park is named after Alice Wainwright. Who is Alice Wainwright? Let's start with a fun fact: she is the first woman to climb Mt. Rainier in Washington state. More facts about the trail-blazing-mountain-climbing Alice coming up! Alice Wainwright was born in Miami in 1886 and grew up in Brickell. She graduated from Miami High School in 1904. Alice Wainwright Park was once part of the land her family owned and In 1925, Alice Wainwright donated the land to the city of Miami with the stipulation that it be used as a park. Sounds like a heap of robotic insightful facts pulled from Wikipedia? That's because I wrote this using an Ai writing software called Jasper.ai. It's cool and I'm having fun writing and editing with it. But seriously, it’s me again, what a nice gesture and a wonderful idea for the people of the city and generations to come.
Recently, The Alice Wainwright Park has been redesigned and renovated, it is now a beautiful park with walking paths, benches, and picnic tables... That's right ai writer. I couldn't agree more!
When I go shoot this stuff, I like to think of it as practicing filming stuff and just being observant. Something about a camera focuses my attention to detail and scenery. I’m trying to think about how I would share the best of this place with another person. While it feels like I’m working a bit, it’s a fun hobby and it slows me down to a pace to notice what’s wonderful about the physical reality of the moment and the ideas and situations that must have occurred for something like this to exist. Many decisions were made. The kind of decisions that make you think humans get it right once in a while.
Going through a little routine process to color and edit to music is a little thing I want to play with and stay sharp at too.
Maybe this could become a series “Hi from Here.” The concept and format would just be simple pleasant videos about places I enjoy and want to share. I like the idea of using video as a mental reset for people. Something you can just relax and be at peace from watching. Little zen Hi videos…