What I Found in My Grandfather's Amazing Journals

[@fluffyspit]

This is an incredibly beautiful story of your grandfather, father and you...thank you.x

[@douglas_drew]

For most of my adult life I have believed that everyone has at least one book inside their mind, the book of their own life. A person's life story may seem mundane or irrelevant, but to your decendants it would be a treasure. The artwork was a tremendous bonus to this artistic family, but simply having knowledge of their forefather's journey through life is the irreplaceable relic that can be passed on in the future. I wish I could read my Dad's book as I hardly knew him, but in writing my own book those little bits of memories can be passed on. The trick is finding time and using methods that have some permanence (one fire could have destroyed these folks' treasure!), but our computer age makes this much easier. That said, I have lost much writing to broken computers and obsolete memory storage, so must keep updating and have multiple backups in different places. To anyone that reads this comment or saw this video, I say "Go write your book!"

[@avah4455]

I’ve started writing my book in my 20s. I hope my relatives cherish it.

[@DobraEspacial]

This is so graceful. Thanks for sharing this story.

[@gabrielhazzard7206]

I would love to go through his entire sketchbook.

[@dissonantdreams]

Me too! We need more pictures!

[@indiboi8024]

Publish it!! So beautiful.like a time machine. 😊

[@camez2345]

This is FANTASTIC. Starting a memory book today...

[@rustyalcorta3643]

Lol I started one too. This was a great idea and it is fun.

[@bookiemuse168]

Please publish this it’s beautiful

[@rustyalcorta3643]

I loved it...I'm 68..I paint and I'm inspired to write my memoirs like your grandfather...

[@georges7527]

Did you do it? I'd love an update!

[@WhisperingWitchASMR]

Many of us have used the term “in the book of life” figuratively throughout our existences. This beautiful work of art married with personal history truly is just that. What a magnificent treasure and legacy for this lucky family to have. 💓

[@binmanart]

Amazing. What a legacy. Inspiring and hilarious (cardboard gangsters! LOL Totally something I'd do). I need to do something like this.

[@mymynaboojarjar]

What a great story to stumble upon (when at times, there seems little to smile at elsewhere). Thank you for the brief respite. I was only sad it was so brief...would love to see more.

[@avah4455]

The art your grandpa made was just beautifully inspiring. And so…beautiful!! ! Wow.

[@solecurious1448]

Thank you... for sharing your gramps’ zest and amusement towards life. The windowless $50 car full of hoodlums and bicycle with wings. How awesome!!!! Don’t ever lose those journals. Precious 💖💎💝

[@amberestie6605]

Amazing story. We should all have a memory book like that. I absolutely love it.

[@niccimae]

I would give this a 1,000,000 thumbs up and come back and do it again. Thank you so much for sharing a little glimpse of Byrons memories!!!

[@ChefMimsy]

I can think of no better gift to leave your grandchildren. What treasures!

[@secret2videos]

I’m comment number 84. Wow! I’m so glad you found his journals and artworks. My passion is keeping memories in many forms. Journals. Art journals. Whatever it takes. I think I’m kind of a nut about it really. My daughter is like me. We inspire one another. We talk about how amazing and priceless it would be to find a diary or journal that a great grandparent or grandparent wrote. Wow! To get a glimpse into that life. So we’re journaling in all sorts of ways for our own future generations. Thank you so much for sharing your grandfather’s story. And you tell it in such an amazing way. I’m inspired!

[@KplusU]

Great job guys and gals. This was refreshing.

[@amirnik2846]

wonderful material, great video implementation. Nicely done!

[@geodoba2202]

It would be great if you published some of his stories along with his artwork. I would definitely buy it. :) Thank you for sharing your grandfather's story with us!

[@ariel6285]

I’m crying this is so beautiful ♥️🌸

[@mohammedhamdyelhadary8451]

Atlantic never disappoints

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Oh, wow, this should be a major movie!

[@ankitanand5443]

It's such a beautiful story. And superbly made.

[@vaniaviola]

This story really warms my heart and my God his paintings are BEAUTIFUL!! I wish he would publish them.

[@aqilla_fa]

I love this so much! I wish someone in my families did that...maybe that someone would be me.

[@jenhasken]

That’s amazing, should be published.

[@DavidDoughan]

Thanks for sharing this amazing story. I hope the journals find a home in an archival institution to preserve them for future generations.

[@kathyerickson9402]

That was lovely! I just attended a family reunion yesterday, so this really resonated. I just shared it with my mom...thank you!

[@PepinsSpot]

Too cute, what a wonderful gift!

[@PovertyPear]

I absolutely love this, thank you for sharing!

[@sychee9]

I love this! Such a wonderful unexpected find. Thank you Colin Levy and Atlantic for sharing this!

[@tonymathew22]

Please publish those books

[@ednaluck]

Thank you for this! It made me laugh and cry with joy... He must have been a very special man! :) Very inspiring!!

[@harlemw651]

This is beautiful! 😭😭😭

[@GadgetManDan]

This sounds like it would make a great movie about a creative person. Thanks for sharing this. You will do great things from this I'm sure.

[@huntersun9]

How lovely.

[@anthonypo2343]

This is a great story. People should do this more. 👍

[@jaysonparkhurst7422]

Thank you for sharing that! Your gramps is pretty cool 😎. Noe I'm intrigued about sketching memories as part of my journal! That's so powerful

[@ehsansabaghian5617]

Amazing story.

[@cdb88]

Thats so beautiful!

[@xaerotoleranx]

i love The Atlantic. it feels human. i wanna be that.

[@EliteXtasy]

Grandson should publish it as it is.

[@obakengafrica2919]

This made me think of my grandfather's note books and his bible especially.

[@ChristcentredNaturalgee]

This is beautiful❤️😊💕

[@jonkristofferparel8331]

Just WOW!

[@crystalstrong3156]

Fully entranced by this!

[@naoueshima]

This made me very happy. Thank you for sharing. :)

[@isamekailmahmud9302]

I'd love to read that

[@dreamersandwanderers7781]

Wow, wonderful

[@DaveSCameron]

Grandparents are becoming a rarified species and just 30 years back I will state that I truthfully didn't see this ahead!

[@mattwall1189]

Thanks for sharing!! I think the trick to this is to start journaling. The content may seem trivial, but the habit is what's really important. Do it everyday. I have an alarm that goes off at 7:45 every morning to start a journal entry. If I just start it, more will follow most of the time.I have an electronic journal that I can add KZbin videos, Article links, and pictures to. It's great to go back and see what I was thinking a year ago. May I ask what sort of materials your gramps used for his everyday journals? Was it ink washes or watercolors? What type of book did he use?

[@amanatee27]

This was really lovely, thank you [:

[@BamBamSo80zz]

He was so talented

[@LukaLimitless]

It would be great if it got published, but I guess parts of memory book are private, and that was not the intention of the journal's author. Still I would love to get my hands on it, so inspiring.

[@truongthanhhuan]

Very touching!

[@livelyrook7605]

I love this!!

[@StopFear]

This is a sweet animation and story. I think most of us who had grandfather with whom we spent time (assuming they weren’t horrible people) we have good memories of them. But this makes me sad about something else. First of all just the fact that everyone we love will be gone. Anybody will be lucky if their loved ones do not get taken from us unexpectedly or tragically somehow. But also this made me think that the grandfather in the video had people to whom he knew he’d pass the journals. He knew someone was likely to read them or look at the drawings. Imagine now that there are many people who through no fault of their own do not have descendants or very closed loved ones to pass their journals to, and basically know that they don’t have anyone related or loved one to go on after them. I am disturbed by that possibility very much. I mean I am 38 and I so far cannot find a woman to marry. I have very little money to offer. I am very scared that i might never manage to find someone to get old with.

[@HelenHennessy]

Lovely!

[@lindabeasleybrewer1777]

Wow. What a treasure.

[@welpiguess]

i just wanna be the father to my daughter or son that i never had ❤️

[@sherylcrowe3255]

You should publish his journals.

[@melissagivens4677]

This is incredibly sweet.

[@ravenn2631]

If it’s okay with you all, I’d love to see his journal’s pages posted online for everyone to read, so we can celebrate his memory.

[@eskay1891]

You should compile and publish in the same order your grandpa created.

[@susanroche597]

2024 your father art is so beautiful and bright

[@FlorianEckerFilm]

that was nice

[@aqilla_fa]

you are so lucky!

[@williepeppers2608]

So this is what its like to have a grampa and a dad? Nice

[@91JulieW]

❤❤❤

[@chillandre4430]

intresting

[@ThomasJamesBeauchene]

Nice.

[@jacoblutz1818]

Is it in chronological order? Or just whatever came to him?

[@eedive]

Gramps, Byron Levy, was an unique and impressively highly creative, and productive common Savant. Who seemed to have understand that documenting one's life and experiences with and in this world are not just real history for oneself to keep in one's head, nor for this moment in time alone to perceive. I "like" such Savant gramps and grannies. One would wish Trump, Pence, Netanyahu, Bannon, MBS, Deuterte and co. BS-leaders would and could have had such gramps and grannies too. Because something clearly went off-base in those' genetic and cognitive lineages. APROPOS Savant, I would make bet that Autism, or rather Asperger syndrome is deep within the Levy' family line. Which is interesting, considering that America's growing low-level Autism rate is pretty high. Godless Best, A.E. Projectheureka LLC

[@einar87]

✨💜

[@TowardsTruth191]

You are unique, you should work with pixar studios!

[@ColinLevy]

I actually worked there for four years! Haha, thank you :)

[@penguinista]

/applause

[@KemoSays]

Who downvoted this??