Th'Muse

Only by taking risks can we hope to accomplish the extraordinary – Spark – Circ de Soleil - John U. Bacon, Lyn Heward When you were little,   did you ever get in a tree swing and kick off as high as you dared?   Did you feel the surge of reaching for the sky and free falling backwards into who knew what? I did.   It was risky, the branch could break, there could be someone behind you, you could fall, the seat could break. . . but we did it anyway.   Anyone regret it?   I don’t.    Now however I have a bit more   trouble kicking high and free-falling.   In Circ De Soleil, they take risks.   They do something crazy, they try new things and we (at least those who have been fortunate enough to see a show) benefit from the amazing experience.   Nothing however will happen, if they don’t first get on the swing, kick off into the unknown, and well. . . see what happens.    Sometimes we do fall.   We can put our han...

What’s the Problem . . . Really? The trick is not to try and solve a problem before you know what it is.   Spark – Circ de Soleil - John U. Bacon, Lyn Heward  Several years ago my family volunteered to help out in the community.   Our task was the get rid of some of the graffiti in the area and make our neighborhood look better.   As we sanded and painted and worked at getting the stuff off, it took us nearly the entire day.   At the end, the words just came through our efforts again like we had done nothing.   I didn’t understand it.   WE were doing our best!   We had even purchased extra grade quality of tools to make sure it was a good job.   It didn’t work.   Then the supervisor came by to check up on us.   “Do you realize that this wall is going to be demolished?”    “Uh, no.”  “They are going to put a gate here.”    He then directed us to another area where the paint went on smoothly and the who...