AI Short Film - The Porous Heart - 4k

This is a sad one today. I have been feeling extremely emotional watching these horrific scenes take place across our country, especially in Minneapolis. I mean their is a motto called "Minneapolis Nice". These are wonderful, thoughtful and kind midwesterners that they are trying to portray as bad people. They are trying to protect their neighbors. This is what neighbors do. I am not a religious person but isn't this what you are taught? I feel like I am living in the upside down world right now. I think that overly empathetic people are having an even harder time right now as we watch this horror unfold. Living in California we love the immigrants that are around us. They are the life blood of our community. Kind and wonderful people. There are bad people in every group, just look at ice, but trying to make an entire group of people out to be represented by a tiny minority is ridiculous. it sickens me that people just listen to the propaganda being fed to them without trying to do some research and opening their eyes. We are left feeling helpless and overwhelmed. I am not trying to open up a conversation about hate here. I am trying to welcome kind and empathetic comments of support. We all need support right now as we navigate this strange and dark time. I wanted to somehow portray this in a video. The characters centered in the video are different and open with their hearts and lungs showing. Walking among crowds bearing while their souls. It's so hard for me wrap my head around how people can live lacking empathy or kindness. How do they cut the nerve to the heart. One of the lines I love the most in these lyrics. I made the images in Midjourney using a style ref code that has a very Magritte feel to it. It allows the characters to really stand out and give the feeling that I wanted. It has nothing to do with the lack of diversity in the images and more about just the feeling it portrays. I tried other styles but the characters didn't feel right. Sending this out to all of my fellow empathetic followers and sending you light and kindness. Lyrics written by me, Kelly Boesch. Music created under my creative direction with assistance from Suno. The Porous Heart (Verse 1) I have forgotten how to be stone I walk the street, but I am not alone My skin is a sieve, it lets the world in I feel where you end, and where I begin To be quiet is not to be at peace It’s holding my breath so the tearing will cease I am too porous, I am too wide There is nowhere left for my spirit to hide. (Chorus) And oh, the cold is rising to the top The worst of the worst, they never stop They swallowed the ice, now they breathe it out Building a silence out of a shout They only love faces that look like their own While the rest of us weep, soft against stone. (Verse 2) I see the uniforms, I see the cage I feel the grief, I swallow the rage How do they cut the nerve to the heart? Tearing the world into parts, into parts If they don't know your name, you don't exist Just a vapor to wave away with a fist Compassion is contraband, kindness is weak They step on the flower to silence the meek. (Chorus) And oh, the cold is rising to the top The worst of the worst, they never stop They swallowed the ice, now they breathe it out Building a silence out of a shout They only love faces that look like their own While the rest of us weep, soft against stone. (Bridge) I want to scream, but I’m underwater For every lost son, for every lost daughter The hollowest vessels are steering the ship With a cruel command and a curled upper lip I am helpless to fight with hands made of rain But I’d rather be water than not feel pain. (Outro) So let me bleed, let me feel it all I will not harden behind their wall In a world of iron, sharp and severe It is a rebellion just to shed a tear. Just to shed a tear. Soft against stone. #ai #aiart #aivideo #empathy #kindness Legal: © 2026 Kelly Boesch All visuals and music in this video are original works created and directed by the artist with AI-assisted tools. All final creative decisions, editing, composition, and authorship are exclusively owned by the artist. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, reposting, or remixing is strictly prohibited and may result in DMCA enforcement. Topics: AI art, AI fashion, AI animation, digital art, 4K #aiart #aivideo #empathy #kindness #AIFashion