Theme 48: Fantasy

As far as I am concerned nothing is impossible, some things may be improbable but nothing is impossible.

How do we go in and mine that talent. That's what this place is all about. How do we rediscover their purpose in life and then empower that purpose in life.

One thing that I've discovered amongst people that battle some of these extreme mental-health problems is some of the most creative people that I've ever met on the planet.

We have the greatest designs on the planet. And when our men and women come into the community, they get to walk around like you and I get to walk around, and make choices about where they are going to live.

You have to open the door . . . The creatives are sitting here with ideas, simple ideas. How do we take those simple ideas and maybe explode them into a movement. That's what we believe has happened here.

We are building an RV park . . . to lift chronically homeless men and women up off the streets . . . people that most would consider the most despised and outcast in our community.

But you have to bring to the table the willingness to allow many, many people to come in and nourish that.

Organic, heirloom quality, free-range chicken eggs, goat's milk, honey bees--all on this farm that's free to everybody that lives in this community.

You're going to see the most awesome, the most beautiful urban farm in all of Austin, Texas. It's unbelievable what we're doing out here from a mustard seed of an idea.

The mustard seed of an idea was 'could we go out and purchase one gently used 5th Wheel RV and lift one human being up off the streets' . . . just one.

This is a product of what can happen when creativity collides with vision.

All of this happening from somebody that you could look at and stereotype as just being a worthless . . . gang member that has no value in life. And it was one of the many extraordinary lessons that I've been blessed with over the course of this journey with Mobile Loaves and Fishes.

He told me that when you really wanted to keep warm, you took your toothpaste, and you squeezed it out over your body limbs, and then wrapped yourself in newspaper . . . these are these little things that you begin to learn about what it takes to survive outside with no resources.

"A coisa mais importante que você ganha é imunidade para lamentar"

"A gente conserta o mundo criando ponte entre as pessoas."

"Quando a gente se dedica a alguma coisa, um palito de fósforo que seja, a coisa te devolve."

"Quando acontece alguma coisa ruim para você é porque vocês está apto a resolvê-la"

"Aqui na frente desse teatro Passa todo o tipo de gente Passa o burro e fica inteligente Passa o doente e fica são Passa o honesto, e às vezes passa o ladrão E a todos eles eu dedico Um dedinho da minha atenção"

"Onzimo mandamento: suportai-vos uns aos outros."

"Sabe quando a gente cai do cavalo na vida? Quando a gente acredita 51% nos outros e 49% na gente."

"Não queira ser bravo quando basta ser inteligente"

"Quando não tem remédio, tem que resolver na terapia"

"Não me tire o que você não pode me dar"

"Tá ruim? Mexa que o açúcar está no fundo"

"Na vida o negócio não é a lente, é a armação, a vida é uma armação"

"Fui aí que descobri, cada fulano tem de sobra o teatro que merece"

"Isso aqui não é eleição Nem campanha eleitoral É só um modo de ação Para lhe mostrar que trabalho para o bem de nossa nação Sou candidato a nada Sou artista da pá virada Tô fora da procissão Seu voto quero não Só lhe peço camarada Um dedinho de atenção"

"Sabe o que salva a humanidade? As ideias. Sabe o que afunda a humanidade? As ideias."

"Uma salva de palmas para quem cumpre a sua missão"

"Fui dar uma caminhada Por sorte achei no chão Uma caixinha jogada Guardei ela no coração 45 palitos Em média lata de um dia De tanto emprestar para os outros Acabou sozinha e vazia Acendeu tanta vela na vida Clareou tanto apagão Ajudou a fazer a comida Cumprindo a sua missão"

"A gente sempre dá chances para os novos valores"

"O corpo tem que participar"

"A gente enfeita tanto o espírito que tem uma hora que ele vaza para o lado de fora"

"Se você tem convicção, põe ela para o lado de fora, é aí que está a fantasia"

"Parar não paro Esquecer não esqueço Se caráter custa caro Pago o preço" Sidônio Muralha

"Curitiba é uma cidade experimental, ela é tão experimental que até o cu vem na frente... deve ser por isso que todo mundo gosta de meter o pau nela"

"Quando você tem o cabelo assim você pode falar o que você quiser, as pessoas não te levam a sério"

"A coisa mais importante que você ganha é imunidade para lamentar"

As far as I’m concerned, before that happened, that was fantasy for me. But it did actually happen so it was reality even though it was improbable but it wasn’t impossible.

Fantasy.. is the activity of imagining something that’s highly improbable or impossible, yet nothing is impossible.

Keep checking in with what you want to be when you grow up.

Random things happen, if you just do things, let things go and put things out there.

Meet your heroes, always.

People are awesome

There is never a perfect time to start

Are we willing to share our platforms in order to give creatives a stronger voice?

Nearly every success I've achieved has been a result of listening to someone who was willing to share their experience.

Our creation has the power to unify or divide.

You define your reality by the others, by how you see them, and by how they see you.

It [the fantasy] gives you the opportunity to escape.

We have many speeches and not conversations, because to have conversations you have to be vulnerable.

When you talk about fantasy, the chance you have of creating absolutely anything is 100% valid.

Waking up and living is making text every day.

"Desde que fui mamá, volví a ser niña"

If you've been somebody in your past life, it's very humbling.

I always consider the audience as one of the biggest pieces in creating a production. Because we can do all that work and all that preparation and create this whole thing that we can put on the stage, but if nobody comes to see it, then it really has no impact.

Once you step on that stage you really are in a whole another world and it really takes something to do that, to throw your head over the wall and jump off that cliff and to make yourself that vulnerable, but it's absolutely exhilarating and when it does happen, you are not only creating the fantasy, you actually become it.

When you think you are at full capacity, remember that you are actually just full of capacity.

J.R.R. Tolkien said that Fantasy is the "back door to your heart." Your willing to explore ideas that may not be safe. There is a very scary political climate right now, but if we start discussing the dark lord Sauron and how he took over Middle Earth, we can actually have a safe conversation in a mirror world.

Fantasy is another place we can go where we can explore ideas, where we can explore feelings, where we can explore things that may not be safe in our world.

Fantasy isn't really for children, because they don't need it...Fantasy is really for us for whom the blade is really dulled and need to be reminded that this world is magical.

Homer used artistic license very openly in The Iliad. Even questioned his entire culture.

That's what Fantasy does - it reminds us of how magical the world that we live in is.

Greek mythology...is a soap opera.

What's the point of Fantasy? Ultimately it's about the question: "What does the fact that we are going to die, no matter how strong we are, have to do with how we live life?"

The amount of money, effort, man-hours that went into Batman Vs Superman - to put Gilgamesh on tablet, it was a similar endeavor.

Fantasy has been something that has existed in humanity for all time, almost unchanged.

What are the fundamentals of your craft? And how can you give yourself class to hone them each day?

Ballet is essentially a craft of meticulous, consistent, constant physical conditioning.

If you think you're a failure, I've got some good news for you: you might be a success by standards you haven't yet honored.

It started with one human being, LOVE LOVE LOVE. Stirring the pot.

There is a power greater than all the world's leaders combined that is still in charge of this universe.

What are mistakes anyway? We all make them right? Some might argue, that its one way of learning how to not do something. But it can also be an invitation to other possibilities.

The first step is to think big, imagine, dream, have a vision!

With all these limitations, what could I possibly do?

I really love circles and squares

Get out there and start creating, and try stuff, and find people who want to get into the space and fail and move on and imagine.

The whole point of being a storyteller or a creator is to effect change or to create an emotion or build feeling in people, and there’s no better way to do that than through virtual reality.

Dreams without action is just a distraction.

Fantasy knows when to play the hits.

We need things that last through the evening. And that you think about tomorrow and that you have nightmares about tonight.

Fantasy needs a concept... If you're just selling widgets, stop. We need no more products. We need concepts.

Sometimes you gotta twist the prompt to make it fit your fantasy work.

One person's fantasy is another person's god awful noise.

Dreams require hard work, persistence, determination, and strategy. Are we the creatives willing to fight for our dream?

Creative power allows us to think beyond perceived limits. Our out-of-the-box reality gives people the safety and freedom to simply be.

Giving people access to art empowers them to alter their own thinking. Altered thinking leads to lasting change.

Our stories can not be limited to the space in our museums. We can become street curators taking art places where no museums exist.

Our financial investments through memberships and donations to cultural institutions demonstrating a commitment to an exclusive voice become a powerful weapon for confronting racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia.

When leaders of established cultural institutions fail to adjust their systems to provide access to everyone, it is our responsibility to disrupt the system.

Our dream is to create cultural institutions that are as diverse inside as the world outside.

A homogeneous world is a fantasy. Nature is diversity. And creatives are the purveyors of culture.

Are we willing to share our platforms to give other creatives a strong voice?

My fantasy for all creatives is to claim our rightful place at the table, and if the table isn't open then we create our own.

Our art is as essential to life as food, shelter, and clothing.

Creatives are the ones able to think of new things and make new ways. We challenge ideas and expand minds, and our creation is the power to unify our divide.

If impossible is potential, then fantasy becomes a dream. And a dream is an attainable goal that requires hard work, persistence, determination, and strategy.

For many, it's a life-long quest to have a seat at the table. And instead of us receiving an invitation to join, we hear a determined voice that there is no room.

Out there is where all the great ideas are—giving other people the chance to give input.

Being able to discover what makes you happy is a very important thing.

Most of my life changing moments were routed in a fantasy world.

Fun experiences need to be designed. And your users need to be guided through them

Fun experiences will speak to you like human beings.

Let’s do a little experiment: Confetti Cannon 🎉🎉🎉