I have to credit my time in the School of Visual Arts for giving me the skill and courage to be open about my thoughts and feelings. That experience pushed each of us to think about what we were doing and giving it voice. It was a natural transition when I started blogging.

Riding definitely provides me a space for thought and examining how I feel. I always wonder how many others are in that space. And if they’re comfortable talking about it.

I appreciate your comments and reflections. They’re helpful as I try and figure out things myself.

A blooper reel!

Oh, there are some other video clips buried somewhere in the blog. But David did a good job with this one.

Interviews are tough to do. Technically and content wise. And everyone has different approaches. David is a thoughtful interviewer and easy to talk with. I’ve done some with people who read a list of questions and just move from one to the next.

Good to know I’m an animated character! Now that the interview is complete I can slip back into the shadows…

Cool was never a word I associated with myself Paul. Quiet. Aloof. Loner maybe. But I agree, it was a good interview. Thanks for providing the stage!

It was a pleasure to sit for your cameras and probing questions. Thank you for putting it all together.

I feel the same way about people I follow on the internet who suddenly stop or vanish. Dave was one. Gary Charpentier of Rush Hour Rambling was another. I understand how things end but I just like to know something and they just didn’t drop off the earth. More than once I’ve considered writing a “last post” that someone can put up if I meet some unfortunate demise.

Dave’s Linked In profile seems to indicate he retired last year. But that doesn’t explain the sudden stop of his podcasts. Maybe he’ll return.

Kim is responsible for a lot of things in the blog. Ideas. motivation.

We’re all different writers. And we do what feels right. Narrating what happens is a fine choice.

It’s good for me to slow down every so often and think about what I’m doing. And why.

His somewhat rough-shod exterior is contrasted with an easy styl

David Masse seemed to require affirmation of his existence,. The word “right”
kept being heard, as if Masse was unsure perhaps of the entire process
The second camera to Steve’s left rendered much darker images.

The process of conducting an interview is something one must learn. Suspect Masse has done a few, yet as these sessions s continue; the entire process shall not seem as forced, for lack of a better term.

And the exterior light was interesting as well; daylight to darkness, with a motor vehicle passing outside at the conclusion of the interview.

In retrospect seeing the originator of Scooter In the Sticks as a real animated individual,
confirmed to me what we were viewing was a “real: person, more real than what many of us might have expected!