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All I've Learned-

All I've learned from pain,
Is that you will always be cleaned after the rain.
All I've learned from life,
Is that it is such a short time.
All I've learned from my mind,
Is that there is no limit to what you can find.
All I've learned from what I've left behind,
Is that there are far better things ahead in time,
And all I've learned from the fear of death, 
Is that it is whatever you find to accept.

-(Elliot Gray Van Orman)

10-9-2012-

Time's knife may cut deep,
But its scars are always worth the keep,
Only to remind you how strong you can be.

With my life and the path it has led,
My dreams and nightmares will always escape my head,
But only to remind me of the better things my time has said.

Everything happens for a reason,
You may lose friends,
But only to gain better ones in the end.

And with shifts and drifts,
Time will fade memories away,
And tomorrow will soon be yesterday,
So always live your life how you want to today,
For never again will this moment stay,
And with it right now,
Live to make the best of your time,
And worry not if others mind,
And GO FORTH with your infinite way.

-(Elliot Gray Van Orman)

1-17-2013,

9 years ago tonight
on January 17th, 2004,
I had the premiere for
my The Day Is Over
BMX DVD
at Focus Skatepark
outside Detroit, Michigan.

It was during my senior year at
Adams High School
in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

​The turnout was great,
and it brought me a blast of joy.  
I will keep the memories with me
for the rest of my life.

Although after I released the DVD
in late February 2004,
its sales were a success,
​but I wasn't happy with the version I released
and its audio track.

​Afterwards I spent a lot of time
trying to fix it / re-master
the DVD
by doing another round of replication.  

Even though no one would notice the difference,
I still carried on my efforts.

Doing this brought out a side of me
that has trouble letting go
​of the idea of perfection.

Throughout the summer,
I still couldn't get a version of
the audio mix
that I was happy with,
mostly because
there was still much
I needed to learn.

​After the summer passed,
I moved to Chicago, IL
to attend
Columbia College
film school.

My experiences in that city
changed
and shaped my life
​in a different direction,
as I began working on
my next BMX DVD,
Time Will Tell,
which I released in 2011.

Eventually,
with the passing of time,
I let go of The Day Is Over
​and just let it be.

Both projects
taught me very much
through trial and error.  

In time
I'm slowly beginning to realize
the joy that both DVD's
brought BMX
and non-BMX people, a
nd that helps me believe
​my efforts were worth it.

-(Elliot Gray Van Orman)

Watch my entire
2004 The Day Is Over
DVD online here:
www.egvoproductions.com/the-day-is-over-2004.html
www.facebook.com/thedayisoverdvd

Also watch my entire
2011 Time Will Tell
​DVD online here:
www.egvoproductions.com/buy-time-will-tell-dvd.html
www.facebook.com/timewilltelldvd

Below are some pictures from
​my 2004 The Day Is Over DVD......

"You may delay,
but time will not."

​-Benjamin Franklin 

LIFE?
Make the most of your short time,
For there are far better things ahead
​than any we leave behind.

Instagram picture of
my last 2 BMX DVD releases-

Time Will Tell (2011):
www.egvoproductions.com/buy-time-will-tell-dvd.html
www.facebook.com/timewilltelldvd

The Day Is Over (2004):
www.egvoproductions.com/the-day-is-over-2004.html
www.facebook.com/thedayisoverdvd

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Photo of- Ted Van Orman. Northwest fence gap. Spring 2006.
Image by:  Christian Jay Sienkiewicz

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