Inspiration is Everywhere

I found myself in the camera section at a well know retailer this weekend and to my surprise I see Stokes McIntyre from Hotbed. Stokes is one of the the founders of Hotbed Media, a film production company in San Francisco, and we exchanged pleasantries and did the "dad" thing in the aisle. He shared that he had read about the Colored by Design project and was inspired by the endeavor (I'm para-laborating here).

So what? Well, while Stokes has yet to land his first Oscar, he has been making movies for a while and to see someone who is a true film maker, encourage some one who is not, was a true expression of the type of diversity I am seeking in this project. Diversity of inspirations that lead us to this place we occupy today.

My life is made up of these diverse interactions with seemingly random people who have planted seeds of hope, wisdom, enthusiasm, or simply...care. The barriers are falling my friends.

It's a beautiful thing.