"The World Is Too Quiet And Moving Too Fast" by Ira Mowen, video artist.

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I know it's Groundhog Day (2020), but for me waking up was like Christmas. This week I'd already failed at exporting this video 5 times, yet for some reason, this morning, on my 6th and final attempt, it finally worked! I am more than proud to present my new: 24 hours of silence (The End)

This video is also my attempt to right the wrong I made with my original "24 hours of silence" video. That original video, sadly only survived one year online. In an e-mail from Feb. 16, 2016, YouTube explained that the reason they removed the video was because "The YouTube community flagged your video as inappropriate."

This news was not easy for me to hear. That video was my crowning achievement. The ultimate in video uploads. The final piece of my puzzle. For years I wondered what I did wrong. Why was that video, and not the other 185 videos of silence, singled out, and ultimately destroyed by the machine.

Luckily I recently figured it out. In anticipation of today, I dug up the original files on my 2015 hard drive and immediately realized my mistake. The video was only 23:59:59 long.

I hope you will accept today's video as my sincerest apology. All I ask is that you PLEASE BE KIND and resit any temptation you might have to flag this video. I get it. It is funny. But the people who decide if a video is inappropriate or not only spend 6 seconds thinking about it. [I got that fact from "The Cleaners" documentary.]

I thank you in advance for your kindness towards nothingness.

Happy Groundhog Day!

Silently,

Bob

P.S. There is an Easter egg this time around. Wait for it! :-)

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