There are few things I've imagined in my life, artistically, that have turned out exactly as I imagined them in my head. Even fewer are ideas that turn out better than I imagined.
Tonight is one of those nights I wish I had a refrigerator big enough to hang my computer on.
I've worked so hard for so many years and suddenly it's like an explosion of everything I ever wanted to be.
I've been standing here dumbfounded for weeks trying to figure out what it all means.
In college, my favorite English professor wrote on my end-of-the-semester self-evaluation (in which I ripped apart any redeeming qualities I had)that I was being too hard on myself and then he added the following quote:
"Break the mold and lean toward the glass blower's breath."
I've moved so many times that I can no longer find the original assignment or remember who he attributed the quote to but it was one of those moments that changed my life then and there.
He's the last of the "big four" on my list to track down. I used to spend hours after class sitting across from his desk showing him the poetry and songs I wrote and telling him how I wanted to change the world. After showing him one particular song I was especially proud of, he handed the lyric sheet back to me and asked "What do you plan to do with this?" I told him I wanted to use it to make a difference in the world and he said "You have to figure out how you're going to do that first."
Well Larry, I might not have made it as a radio star but tonight I made something really great. And I sent it to someone who will send it to other people and by lunchtime, it will have made a difference.
Maybe not a global impact like ending world hunger, but as the band Ms. Led says "A small change is still change."
It frustrates me that people don't get to see the depth of impact their footprints left in my life sometimes. But of all the times I ever needed to be set free, Larry spoke the words in the exact moment I was ready to fly.
How awesome is that?
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