"I had to have this weird thing about trying to illuminate the collective unconscious and help humanity."

I first met Bill at Nottingham Elementary in Houston Texas. He was far from the average 3rd grader. We shared a few classes and G-H homeroom through high school. I remember seeing him at the Comedy Annex in Houston when we were teenagers, then again when I was in Austin after college on a visit back from my life of waitressing & sailing in St. Thomas. The last time I saw him was at Igby's Comedy Cabaret in West Los Angeles while I was living in Santa Monica. Many people knew him better than me through those years, but I always knew that we had some odd connection. After his death in 1994, I learned alot more about his philosophical take on life and how deeply he connected to the infinite. The quote above is something I've used on my email signature since I've been on this iCREATE journey. It knocks me out with it's depth and simplicity. And every time I ready it, I can hear Bill saying it with a mix of resignation and hope.

Not everyone got to know Bill Hicks before he left the planet, but I recommend immersing yourself in his legacy. It's chilling how current his message is 13 years after his death.

[Just to add to the randomness of it all, our coffee shop, Cafe Caffeine is across the street from Alex Jones of Info Wars fame. Both Bill's & Alex's sites are connected to Sacred Cow Productions, which is the brainchild of Kevin Booth who has kept the Hicks legacy alive.]

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