Elias Weiss Friedman

And he's like, oh, it's this guy who walks around with cameras and he says, may I take a photo of your dog?

And so even this 20 minute, half an hour experience stuck with him and

That is really a testament to ultimately the power of dogs, to change our lives, to make us appreciate everyone more.

You can watch this video.

It's still pinned to my Instagram, but just hearing the way people talk about their dogs, you could tell Bill sensed that this was something meaningful and it moved him.

And that is my goal in general, not just to move people who are like Bill Murray and

extremely famous but everyone who loves dogs and wants to feel more connected to them

I think I consider myself to be an artist.

I started as a photographer, slowly evolved into, through writing about dogs in short form to now being an author and having published my first written narrative book.

And every day on the various platforms, Instagram, TikTok, you have to evolve your art.

And so it's become much more video based.

You're competing to get your algorithm decides how much how much of your audience gets to see your work at this point.

So there's a lot of forces at play and it's part of the challenge to keep up with it.

Instead of complaining about it or being stagnant, you have to just keep changing and realizing that these tools can help spread your message even more.

And so if my goal is to be a canine evangelist, a voice for dogs to help

People deepen their appreciation for not just their dogs, but dogs in general.

Just keeping up with, if my platforms are social media and of course books and just being out in person, doing my best to keep up with it.

And I also have various people that I work with who make it all possible as well.

If I'm a captain of a ship, you know, you need support.

I think from your perspective, it would be to sit with them on the couch and give them some time, dedicated time without your phone and just feel what it's like to be present with your dog, because that's how they experience life is in the present moment.