Living in Los Angeles, you either have a car, or you go nowhere. At least that’s what most of us think. We forget that though public transportation here is horribly inefficient, we sometimes miss out by being stuck in our little bubbles driving down Sunset or on the 405. We miss out on the people and the culture of big city life.
The interaction of diverse lives is what makes a metropolis so wonderful to live in and LisaNova’s little trip reminds us of just that.
I'm confused at Lisa's editing choices sometimes. In this case, I didn't understand why she began the video with nothing to say really, then she finally gets to her subject matter at hand.
I thought maybe she was going somewhere humorous with it, but then there was jump cut and she was back to reality. It seems odd that all that wasn't just edited out.
That said, LisaNova has the gift of being interesting and entertaining to watch, period.
Even if she is just sitting in front of the camera with nothing to say. Maybe it's because she's unafraid to do just that, and to be self-deprecating ("I have A.D.D." ... "See, I was just lost in the clouds...") and the confidence to show us her true self, perfect or otherwise.
And on the driving in LA theme, here's a Randy Newman video from 1983 on that same subject, but his underscores the driving element. It's fun and it shows all (the best) parts of this huge city. The music, the hair and fashion really takes you back to '83 ... assuming you remember 1983.