A few things about today’s video.
First, I’ve never put so much time, love, energy, effort or vulnerability into any video that I’ve made. And I’ve never been more proud of anything that I’ve created. Ever. Of all the things I’ve ever written, painted or filmed, I believe that this is the most inspired thing I’ve ever done.
Second, my only hesitation in posting this video is that it raises the bar for me and my talky blogs. It took me days and days to film and edit this. But truth be told, it represents an exciting new shift in the trajectory of the videos that I’m making. Next week’s talky blog is in the old familiar style – I’ll still do some like that – but I am really looking forward to exploring this new path (especially with the help of the new Canon 5D Mark II camera that I ordered yesterday!).
Third, I made this video as a gift to you. I’m so grateful that you read my blog and watch my videos. It’s only because of you that I’m able to do this for a living. It’s because of you that I’m able to share my love on such a large scale and reach so many people. Every moment of every day, I am constantly aware of that. And humbled by it. Please accept this video as a gift of love from my heart to yours.
Watch the video below:
January 21, 2011 at 1:10 am
The visual was incredibly enticing. The audio gave me that murder movie compulsion to repeatedly look over my shoulder as the video drew in my attention.
Nice work, it was gorgeous.
January 21, 2011 at 1:21 am
OMG!!! i love how i tend to get closer and closer to the screen as i watch your videos. knowing that something is coming like ima look around the corner of the screen lol and see whats there. i hope you keep on doing both cause your talky blogs are so uplifting your the one whos trully helped me come out, but this one omg! im trying not to go back and watch it for like the fifth time in one sitting! hahaha, LOVE YOU DAVEY!!! btw sorry so long. words just cant explain how good you are at this!!!
January 21, 2011 at 1:53 am
Hot talky blog davey! Welcome to Utah (tomorrow). You’re gonna love it here, it’s gorgeous!!!
January 21, 2011 at 2:26 am
“Do you Dare?” THIS could totally be the commercial for the male version of Britney Spears “Curious” Fragrance!
January 21, 2011 at 2:36 am
Hello davey! Ok so two things: 1 I am in love with your blog, and u are uber hot..yes I said uber:) ok so I am gay and in middle school… I have told a few of my close girl friends but my guy friends have no idea…..unless I’m totally obvious haha. How do I come out to my guy friends? Because some of them are very, very homophobic but I still want them as friends. Please make a video about it!!!!!! Oh and I love u!
January 21, 2011 at 2:38 am
was that your bf?
January 21, 2011 at 6:07 am
really nice video,and lots of truth in it!but putting love in our heart is not that easy,you first have to find that special one,but is a good thing friends put already a bit of love in our hearts
January 21, 2011 at 6:30 am
Yaay!! I’M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THE THIS! ♥ smile as much as you breathe! (:
January 21, 2011 at 6:38 am
And thankyou davey wavey!!! Hugs!! ♥ love you!
January 21, 2011 at 6:42 am
had the foreskin talk with mum and sister. im uncut and lovin it, from australia. she said she wanted me to get cut but dad out right refused cause he didnt want me to be mutilated. than god for dad. mum was worried that it will look gross and no girl would want me, … not out 2 them yet. my sister said she prefered uncut but mum still wishes i had been cut. I still dont get y?
January 21, 2011 at 6:46 am
never say moving forward to a politically aware australian cause that was the labor parties last campaign slogan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0_avwKo4S0
January 21, 2011 at 8:35 am
can we please just see your boyfriend? I mean, he looks like he’s gorgeous and he’s dating you and he’s a big secret! Either way, great video, I totally got what you were saying and I definitely dig it. I love you and everything your doing davey. Much Love! – Billy m
January 21, 2011 at 8:58 am
Davey-Jonathan
I loved it. I loved the words you write before the video even began. You speak your heart. What else is there in this judgement fill world. Thank you for who you are and for caring enough to be vulnerable. Someday I hope to hugg you in person but until then- this will have to do. Hugggggg
January 21, 2011 at 9:45 am
Next time can I be the “Prop” you used on the bed?
January 21, 2011 at 9:55 am
For people who have little experience with love, it helps to have pleasure from whose who care.
Learning how to love and be naked and vulnerable is through developing trust and admitting the need to learn…
…so if someone admits to you that they’re new at this (having sex) and they’re naked (and having a hard time being erect) don’t laugh. Instead thank them for being willing to learn with you and practice safe sex so they want to learn to do it better with you instead of someone else.
Just a little advice.
Peace!
Vance
January 21, 2011 at 10:03 am
Hey
Good job…Welcome to the crazy world of making movies…lol. U can see it creates feedback some good some not but as you know that part of it. As you as a Director are happy thats all that matters. The other question from most was ids that your BF? Interesting isn’t it what the majority want to know! I see you have ordered the new Canon ES05 Mk2 let ne know how you get on as i love this camera will replace a lot of TV camera i use. It’s all about the lens though and a lens that has a auto zoom this is one of the issues with the camera
Keep up the brilliant work
Martinxx
January 21, 2011 at 11:30 am
Neat!! Keep being yourself & expressing yourself!! Bob
January 21, 2011 at 11:44 am
Probably the most trenchant and accurate of the reactions listed here. As always, Davey is rife with contradictions: He says he loves everyone, but the people he presents (like the person in the video) are invariably way younger than he is. He strives for insight, but presents generalized clichés in a complicated world.
Let’s look hopefully at this as a first tentative step in a new, artistic presentation and hope that content will follow. He’ll get there eventually. But Davey, don’t abandon the talky blogs!!!!
January 21, 2011 at 11:48 am
I love the boots, where did you get them? I want to find a pair.
January 21, 2011 at 12:19 pm
AMAZING!! One of the girls here at the office walked up while I was watching this.. I was explaining your website and have to say it felt good to be able to explain it to her and get her to see that there does not have to be so many boundaries and that you push others to ‘break the illusion’ of this journey of life. Thank you for what you do!! Loved the video!! Can’t wait for more!
January 21, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Loved the Video David.
January 21, 2011 at 12:28 pm
That was not Scotty!
Tho it was a face we have seen before.
January 21, 2011 at 12:39 pm
wow. that was intense. and beautiful. you’re able to do this because you work your ass off, and it’s certainly appreciated (on many levels). right now i work in customer service and it’s easy to forget that all the people that come up to me angry and bitter are souls that need love just as much as i do. this was a great reminder. thanks!
January 21, 2011 at 3:22 pm
I don’t like it. Seems like the meaning of life is sex. Loving and Giving can be shown in many ways besides hyper-sexuality. I like to hear from you. This seemed to be all about looking at you. What’s “Down to Fornicate?”
January 21, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Well done! I would hope that you pursue this direction, the last portion was especially good ………
January 21, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Loved it Davey, what an amazing idea. I have read most of the responses and I think some of these people need to get a life.
Again BEAUTIFUL WORK Davey,
Brian
January 21, 2011 at 4:59 pm
The secret to life is workout…get a great body…and post it along with your boyfriend having foreplay with you…GOT IT!
January 21, 2011 at 6:13 pm
You have entered a new world of skill and artistry. So much yet to discover! Joy, joy, joy.
Thanks for including my simple contribution.
Be well,
January 21, 2011 at 7:28 pm
controvesial
January 21, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Lots of mixed reactions – ugh. To be expected though. I personally love the vid because I got the impression that you know that it is an expression of love. (I hate empty sex) Thanks Davey for being who you are!
January 21, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Way awesome. And cool that something I wrote got in your vid, Dave. Yay
January 21, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I sure wish there was an edit key here. I meant to write Davey
January 21, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Mmm
January 21, 2011 at 11:57 pm
How injured some of these commenters are with regard to sexuality, dismissing this as merely smut. My goodness. Like two cute boys having sex is in some way innately cheap. Why our elders feel the right to be dismissive eludes me… perhaps I’ll “get it when I’m older.”
I figure the metaphor works if you’re not so wrapped up in twisted puritanicalism (or your own damage) around sex that you fail to see sex as one of the many, and perhaps itself one of the most intriguing, ways people express love (regardless of their age).
The quotes were a little… cliche, yes. But I see what you were trying to do, and for your first go out the gate, I’d say you’re on the right track.
I got the message, Davey. Thanks for pouring so much energy into this… I can’t wait to see what else you come up with.
January 22, 2011 at 12:08 am
Really enjoyed it.
You might find a new career path in artistic porn.
January 22, 2011 at 5:19 am
Absolutely Love it! Thank you!
January 22, 2011 at 6:32 am
It seems a little odd to assign damage or injury to someone who sees things differently.
It is really amazing how much one gets when one gets older, but age alone is no guarantor of wisdom. Life has phases and age has a role.
If things were left to the singularly to the old we would lose our sense of adventure, if things were singularly to the young there would discipline. That is a generalization but is close to truth. It is not one or the other, it take both. Life is a struggle of competing forces or we would not be able to stand upon the earth.
I have read all the comments as they have come in, and even the critical ones, like mine, did not assign fault or damage to Davey.
The title of the video is, “Down to Fornicate?” and the first words audible are “What’s the secret to Life?”. Mixed message? Yes, in fact, often colliding messages.
Nothing wrong with that. It is true that Sex and Love are two distinct things. I may express my love for someone by holding hands quietly while we walk. Holding hands is not Love. One does not need to be a puritan to get that.
Like all art each person sees and responds differently. I responded to Davey’s offering from my experience. I am old. Old is invisible in the Gay World. I do not like it, but when I was young I was the same way.
Age is part of life. The secret to life would seem be to embrace all of life with the vigor and awe that we have when we are young and yet manage to accept the unavoidable limits of the vessels we live in with out limiting our minds and souls.
I doubt many visit Davey on regular basis because they are puritanical. Davey could read the dictionary in a video and it would probably be sexy. Most of what Davey says is not really new, but the joy for me is to hear him say it as if it was new.
I won’t be around to see what videos he makes when he is my age. From what he expresses I would dare to venture he will be a young old person, but it is much easier to be bright and energetic at the beginning of the day than it is at the end of the day.
Life has many secrets and one it balance. It is best when viewed with both critical and laudatory input given in acceptance
Two things are certain in life, getting older and dying. The trick is to understand that those two things are not the same.
Peace
January 22, 2011 at 6:37 am
Oops, “If things were left to the singularly to the old we would lose our sense of adventure, if things were singularly to the young there would discipline. ” should read,
“If things were left singularly to the old we would lose our sense of adventure, if things were left singularly to the young there would be little discipline. “
January 22, 2011 at 8:08 am
Amen, Roy. The video is really well made, and Davey should be applauded for his technical accomplishment, but, when compared to work in the wider world, it has its limitations, as does the wider, consumerist world it is part of. Pointing those limitations out is not puritanical. Suggesting that sex should not be equated so singularly with love or the meaning of life is not puritanical. What would be puritanical, paradoxically, would be to end up suggesting that it is.
January 22, 2011 at 10:34 am
Vivo a Vivo!”
January 22, 2011 at 11:01 am
I loved it A LOT… I really think it’s one of your best videos and you do have quite a few nice ones
I never tire of watching yor videos (and you :$)
I hope you do more like this one as well :$
January 22, 2011 at 11:08 am
Dido
January 22, 2011 at 6:13 pm
lol
January 22, 2011 at 6:18 pm
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
-Moulin Rouge-
January 22, 2011 at 6:19 pm
It’s beautiful to watch, though I will admit that some of the meaning may have been lost on me about the time you unbuttoned your jeans. Oh, well. I’ll watch it again for emphasis.
January 22, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Perhaps it’s just a title.
January 22, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Does that diminish the purpose? What if you look at Davey and the unnamed lover as actors playing the roles of lovers?
January 22, 2011 at 7:51 pm
…a string of hackneyed cliches “attributed” to random strangers as if they are original ideas, inspires me not.
This should be a line from Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons
January 22, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Consider approaching this from the perspective of removing duct tape from your arm: Brace yourself, do it quickly and cleanly and it may not hurt too badly.
The ones who accept you will remain friends with you. The others will not. But it won’t last forever and once you’re out completely you can choose friends who you are certain will accept you for everything that you are and everything that you aren’t.
January 22, 2011 at 8:09 pm
GOD DAMN Vance!! You’ve just described a big challenge in my life right now. You reading my mind or something?? LOL