As a writer, I am often wont to do a little research before I flesh out a concept or narrative. In this particular case, I got in my cyber-car and drove over to WIKI with a query on the origins of “Scotch” in scotch tape. This is just the word that I find myself using when I need an invisible self adhesive tape. “Say, do you happen to have any Scotch tape?” – You know what I mean.
Having located the junk drawer and found the Scotch tape, I was able to pin up the following email on my bedroom wall. Now, you have to understand that I am not an individual ordinarily given to pinning random pieces of paper up on my bedroom walls. I (as all friends will attest) have a serious case of OCD. In fact, a disorder. But in this case, when I received the email – I printed it and stuck it to the wall using my favored adhesive – Scotch tape. Following is the email from a dear friend…
“Well you lost your swing… We got to go find it… Now it’s somewhere… in the harmony… of all that is… All that was… All that will be… ~Bagger Vance
Happy birthday D, I’m hoping that this next journey around the sun concludes the search for that allusive swing… Love you!!!”
Sometimes, friends are closer to you, than you are to yourself.
Ditto.
Know what I found out which I didn’t know before? The Legend of Bagger Vance is based on the Bhagavad Gita. Now, mind you… Though I worked on Bagger Vance, I have never seen the entire film, and until this past month had never read all of the Bhagavad Gita, which is why I was probably in the dark on this.
Anyway, many, many happy returns of the day, Mr. DW. Hope to see you soon.
XO
~A~