“It is never finished. I don’t have a sense of triumph or resting on laurels. I am quite a restless person. I just want to fly. I wish I was leaving tomorrow and flying on.” Tracey Curtis-Taylor. After flying an open-cockpit biplane England to Australia. Sounds like she knows of the perpetual pursuit … Her website is www.birdinabiplane.com, some great press reports of her 21,000 km journey in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
Alan Watts would have turned 101 yrs-old today. This is an excellent comic page from Zen Pencils illustrating one of his quotes, the full “What would you like to do if money were no object.” For me the answer is easy. Fly airplanes.
Kirby is a five-time US National Aerobatic Champion and two-time Red Bull Air Race World Champion. With over 27,000 flight hours, he says in a Flying magazine video that wings are “just an extension of my arms.” Photo from TeamChambliss, taken at his Flying Crown Ranch, between Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.
“I fell in love with the work. And the work was joyful and difficult and interesting. And that was my focus.” ~ Jerry Seinfeld, talking to President Obama, on keeping perspective and finding meaning in life after making millions. It works even if you aren’t a billionaire or a president. On the web show www.comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com
Poem by Natalie Goldberg, reflecting on her life. From her new book, The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and this Zigzag Life, to be published on 2 February, 2016. The greats dedicate themselves so completely. And is it worth it? Depends on what you value. For me, I’m looking forward to flying another oceanic red-eye, and seeing inside the night sky.
