What does happiness mean to you? We tend to search for it in material things, substances, and career achievements, but often lose sight of what really matters to us in the process. London-based artist and animator Steve Cutts is taking a long hard look at this ‘rat race’ to which we’ve all found ourselves tied, and is examining our modern sources of joy in a satirical new short film that depicts us as the ‘rats’ we’ve become in the eyes of the system. It’s titled after that mysterious high we’re always chasing; “Happiness.”
It all starts when we are born.
Looking for happiness that leads us nowhere.
Then get lost in the crowd.
Not even waiting a moment to see what really matters.
Fighting for things that we have no use for.
Then the next ‘best’ thing is again of no use.
And sadness overcomes us.
Till we look to drinking to solve our problems.
We do however, experience a fleeting ‘happiness’ on the pills.
Until once again we are a rat caught in a trap.
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Happiness from Steve Cutts on Vimeo.
