Moving Music

It has been said, each one of us has a gift. These endowments are unique and just as an orchestra collaborates to yield great music, so it should be in our daily encounters. This film, “Five Easy Pieces”, illustrates one man’s struggle to see his gift as a gratuity rather than a cursed burden. Many of us struggle in this way, so instruction is needed. We now offer to you, in a teaching effort, Mr. Tom Harker’s words, as we all attempt to reconcile gift and acceptance. O Captain! My Captain! Tom Harker meant the world to me.  He was a father figure, a mentor, a confidant, a rebel, a partner in crime, my fearless leader, a supporter, an inspiration, and a friend.  Tom gave me the book, “The Velveteen Rabbit” and he told me I was real and that was damned important.  I did not know what he meant by that proclamation or his gift of the book. Who was the Boy and who was the Rabbit? Tom is the most real man I ever met. I am proud to have worked closely with him for years and to have been the other half of his “Dynam