CT: Session 1 of 90

I was a 60 year convicted felon. I am 86.

Prison did its job—I am a changed man—but I can’t help but feel like a foreigner in my own land. Now that I have to use all these new gadgets to survive, I long for the days of corded phones, Sony Walkmans, Instamatic cameras, and the Popeil Pocket Fisherman. Prison empowered me to learn all I could among those cold walls. It was also very easy to talk to another person. Outside, the world goes so fast; I do not feel steady in the process of learning anymore. It is also hard to talk to people and this has made me lonely; despair bends me worse than my spine, it seems, all the time.

Today, I came across episode one of this series, Create Time, and something stirred inside me.

This Joshua Hunter… I went to his website (https://jhcreates.wixstudio.io/jhcreates)… it’s as weak as my sinus cavity, liver, and right leg. But his hope in God, his tempered humor, and his creative stay-power have, somehow, made me feel seen, or, is it hopeful?

And that last one—his creative energy… . I remember, now, a project I’d started when I was just sixteen: a sketch idea for a roller coster. My parents kept it and gave it back to me as part of their will. Is it really possible? Could I create time, finish the sketch, and possibly have this one, ancient dream realized before I pass from this world?

All I know is that I must support him. And that my heart now beats with intention.

Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/jhcreates
Stripe: https://donate.stripe.com/cN215a2Gw5Jxbcc144