I make music videos as a creative and emotional outlet. Often I use the characters/themes of a movie as a surrogate for what I'm going through at that very moment. Pain has always been my biggest motivator and inspiration and as a result I've used dark subject matter to release it. My video output has decreased drastically over the last few years mainly because I've been a lot happier. Even though I make many of these videos for the wrong reasons a lot of good has come of them and I've been very fortunate.
If I don't reply to a comment (especially a generous one) please don't take offense as I have a terrible habit of dismissing praise (which I realize is really stupid because creators of videos generally love feedback). I'm more apt to respond to technical questions and the like.