Love the idea "the new needs friends". Reminds me of the Steinbeck line: "We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say-and to feel- ‘Yes, that is the way it is, or at least that is the way I feel it.’ You’re not as alone as you thought."
I am always trying to “be me” which I find is unique and different from other people. I do not do what other people are doing. I can only imagine if I put my head together with someone else who is just trying to be themselves what a new thing that would create.
Love this, Brad. I hadn’t heard this story before, and I’ve now folded it up and put it safely in my inspirations box, for referral to and sharing later. Thank you for sharing. And illustrating - I love the illustrations.
How we come up with the new, and how these stories and projects emerge and come into being, really fascinates me. Something about creation itself, how it works as and through us. I think we do a lot of work to bring ideas into being, but I also suspect that ideas have their own energy too.
And someone doing “the impossible”, making something that didn’t exist before they had the vision and brought it into physical being, always catches my attention.
I’m feeling in a similar place. I know what I’m doing doesn’t look like what my previous teachers or people who are doing things now have done, although I’m greatly inspired by them and their work. And I’m just beginning to see the possibilities, and the beauty, of doing something that’s not been done before, and letting myself do this.
I’ve been greatly inspired by Chris Carter, from The X-Files, who was inspired by watching Kolchak, and Eric Kripke, creator of Supernatural, who was inspired by The X Files, and Good Omens, and American urban legends. They both created series that were genre but absolute redefined genre TV and became something much bigger than the sum of their parts. Much like Indy has. And I think that’s amazing.
That’s what I’m exploring right now (and just took a break from to read this article.) Wishing I had a Spielberg to bounce things off! And I’ve also accepted that sitting with my notebook, is maybe the right partner for me right now. (Although not as fun, I think!)
.... haha, so exquisitely cool, like Monty Python's finding The Holy Grail! So TRUE! My mom, who I think was dyslexic before the term/label but figured out the learning thing, learned about Life from the Silver Screen when she was little, taking street cars by herself in "the hood" to view them, and my dad, who grew up on a farm and was in The U.S. Navy, found her... and made three girls, myself being the third and last. I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Lawrence Welk, Bandstand and Soul Train (both of which we giggled at) and my mom watching soap operas while she ironed (even sheets, can you imagine?), but my True Love, at about maybe 3 or 4 or 5, was Tommy Roe (or course "I" was "Sweet Pea"!) and Rock 'n Roll. I even had a tiny mod skirt with a "thick" belt and bought pink and purple "love beads" when we took a family vacation to California on a train from Cleveland, Ohio, and visited the "little Mexico" there. So, so Wild and Crazy .... and Incredible! Plus, from 46-56, I lived in a The Convent of The Sisters of The Holy Spirit and made my final vows as a religious sister... Still Having Fun, but not there.
Love the caption, "Be who you needed when you were younger" and am actively working to be that person. Thank you, Brad, for your tireless and often thankless efforts to raise the beam for all of us. I love your newsletters and the work you are doing!
Thank you for that story! You inspire and validate the need for retreat. My hubby and I take retreats often. They happen when we spend quality quiet time in nature. Retreat could be our back yard, a walk in a park or on the lakeshore. The common ingredient is supporting each other in the brainstorming process. Hmmm, checks…with questions are later. The questions can be-who do we know that has a table saw, what kind of glue to use, where will we store those things needed, do we have the breadth of time and energy right now or is this a sketch in the “Let’s ponder that, notebook” It’s in the supporting each other, stretching our gifts & starting something new/different that creativity continues to flourish! Thank you for all you do to encourage us!
Love the idea "the new needs friends". Reminds me of the Steinbeck line: "We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say-and to feel- ‘Yes, that is the way it is, or at least that is the way I feel it.’ You’re not as alone as you thought."
I am always trying to “be me” which I find is unique and different from other people. I do not do what other people are doing. I can only imagine if I put my head together with someone else who is just trying to be themselves what a new thing that would create.
Love this, Brad. I hadn’t heard this story before, and I’ve now folded it up and put it safely in my inspirations box, for referral to and sharing later. Thank you for sharing. And illustrating - I love the illustrations.
How we come up with the new, and how these stories and projects emerge and come into being, really fascinates me. Something about creation itself, how it works as and through us. I think we do a lot of work to bring ideas into being, but I also suspect that ideas have their own energy too.
And someone doing “the impossible”, making something that didn’t exist before they had the vision and brought it into physical being, always catches my attention.
I’m feeling in a similar place. I know what I’m doing doesn’t look like what my previous teachers or people who are doing things now have done, although I’m greatly inspired by them and their work. And I’m just beginning to see the possibilities, and the beauty, of doing something that’s not been done before, and letting myself do this.
I’ve been greatly inspired by Chris Carter, from The X-Files, who was inspired by watching Kolchak, and Eric Kripke, creator of Supernatural, who was inspired by The X Files, and Good Omens, and American urban legends. They both created series that were genre but absolute redefined genre TV and became something much bigger than the sum of their parts. Much like Indy has. And I think that’s amazing.
That’s what I’m exploring right now (and just took a break from to read this article.) Wishing I had a Spielberg to bounce things off! And I’ve also accepted that sitting with my notebook, is maybe the right partner for me right now. (Although not as fun, I think!)
As I am sitting here contemplating how much longer I really want to do this job... Excellent timing!
FREE CUP!
.... haha, so exquisitely cool, like Monty Python's finding The Holy Grail! So TRUE! My mom, who I think was dyslexic before the term/label but figured out the learning thing, learned about Life from the Silver Screen when she was little, taking street cars by herself in "the hood" to view them, and my dad, who grew up on a farm and was in The U.S. Navy, found her... and made three girls, myself being the third and last. I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Lawrence Welk, Bandstand and Soul Train (both of which we giggled at) and my mom watching soap operas while she ironed (even sheets, can you imagine?), but my True Love, at about maybe 3 or 4 or 5, was Tommy Roe (or course "I" was "Sweet Pea"!) and Rock 'n Roll. I even had a tiny mod skirt with a "thick" belt and bought pink and purple "love beads" when we took a family vacation to California on a train from Cleveland, Ohio, and visited the "little Mexico" there. So, so Wild and Crazy .... and Incredible! Plus, from 46-56, I lived in a The Convent of The Sisters of The Holy Spirit and made my final vows as a religious sister... Still Having Fun, but not there.
Free cup!
Love the caption, "Be who you needed when you were younger" and am actively working to be that person. Thank you, Brad, for your tireless and often thankless efforts to raise the beam for all of us. I love your newsletters and the work you are doing!
Thank you for that story! You inspire and validate the need for retreat. My hubby and I take retreats often. They happen when we spend quality quiet time in nature. Retreat could be our back yard, a walk in a park or on the lakeshore. The common ingredient is supporting each other in the brainstorming process. Hmmm, checks…with questions are later. The questions can be-who do we know that has a table saw, what kind of glue to use, where will we store those things needed, do we have the breadth of time and energy right now or is this a sketch in the “Let’s ponder that, notebook” It’s in the supporting each other, stretching our gifts & starting something new/different that creativity continues to flourish! Thank you for all you do to encourage us!
Where's the Space Bear sticker?
Thank you for sharing, Brad!