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  • May16th

    I always loved Karen’s silky smooth voice that seemed to flow from her so effortlessly. When she passed away, I was stunned. When I discovered the cause of her death, it saddened me so. But now she’s home and incredibly happy as you will see:

    Me: Erik, you haven’t picked anybody for a while. Who would you like us to interview?

    Erik: I know you like Karen Carpenter so I ‘ll go get her. That’ll change the feeling in the room!

    Me: After Ted Bundy? I guess so! Good idea to follow up with someone lighter!

    Erik leaves.

    Jamie: She was a singer, right?

    Me: Yeah, and I think she died fro complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

    Karen (as she walks in): Cuz I didn’t wanna eat!

    Jamie and I giggle.

    Me: Hello, Karen!

    Jamie (to Karen): Oh, you are little! Like in all ways, height and everything.

    Me: Karen, a lot of blog members wanted me to interview you, because they’re very fond of you. You’re popular in the Channeling Erik family! We miss you since your passing. Are you up for some questions?

    Karen: Yes, and thank you so much!

    Jamie: She has a great smile, really pretty, thick hair.

    Me: Yes she did. Now, Karen, would you mind telling us what sort of beliefs you had about the afterlife before you died?

    (Pause)

    Jamie: That’s odd.

    (Pause)

    Jamie (to Karen): Okay, back up then.

    Jamie listens some more, and then begins to giggle.

    Jamie: Okay, you asked about religion and she gave me sports!

    Karen: As a kid, that’s what shaped me. It wasn’t religion that shaped me, because there wasn’t really a belief system in the family. You know, it –

    Erik (interrupting): Would you call it more Catholic; would you call it more Jewish–?

    Karen: No, you know, maybe like Catholic. It was pretty open. We really didn’t have heavy rules or structured beliefs in our family. We had respect though. Sports were my religion.

    Jamie (laughing): Oh, I see what she was saying!

    Me: When you crossed over, did your beliefs change at all?

    Karen: Oh, they became bigger and better!

    Me: Good!

    Karen: Yes, so beautiful! You have never felt such love and acceptance. You will LOVE dying; you’ll want to do it again!

    Me: Oh gosh! I haven’t heard that one before!

    Jamie and Erik both laugh.

    Me: Can you tell me about your actual transition—your moment of death?

    Karen: I remember my heart was beating so fast, because it was suffering hard. I could feel it in my chest, and then all of a sudden, I didn’t feel it anymore. My thought was, ‘Well, then that calmed down.’ So, I was waiting to feel the beat again, and between that moment and realizing where I was, death occurred.

    Me: Wow.

    Karen: There were no moments of suffering; there was only a moment of surprise and—

    Jamie: Wow, it sounds like she had more of a classic death, because she’s talking about the rallying around of family and friends, other musicians.

    Karen: I was so happy to see them. I remember reaching out and hugging them, and I could FEEL them.

    I thought of how wonderful it will be to finally be able to feel Erik.

    Karen: I realized it wasn’t a dream. And they started explaining to me what had happened. I was very relieved, you know, because I couldn’t settle in to my own body, and to know that it was just over—

    Me: Aw.

    Karen: Cuz I would never have taken my own life. 

    Here’s Karen’s last recording. It’s a beautiful song!

    http://youtu.be/f1YntJx0A4I

  • May15th

    First of all, I want to thank everyone for their warm wishes and flattering comments for my daughter, Kristina and her new husband, Houston Braly. They’re on a short honeymoon in Paris and the French Riviera where the weather is now gorgeous probably having the time of their lives.

    Second, I sent all of your tributes to Jamie on Mother’s Day and she was beyond touched. What a beautiful gift you all have given her–well-deserved and incredibly poignant. I’m sure it tugged on some heartstrings. So, again, thank you so much.

    Third, Betty Daniel, along with Erik, has published Part Two of their novel, Second Chances. If you’d like a free copy, you can email her at ejdaniel@q.com. Be sure you don’t put an “s” after daniel. That was a common mistake when she offered Part One. Also, make certain you specify whether you want Part One, Part Two or both. Thanks, Betty and Erik!

    Okay, finally to the main event today: Blog member, Michael M. sent me the most exciting link yesterday: proof that things are shifting in the right direction!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/arianna-the-dalai-lama_b_1515059.html

    Last, I feel compelled to share a bit more on what you all have written about what Erik means to you. I guess I’m missing him. It was hard not having him in the physical to see his big sister walk down the aisle and to share Mother’s Day with me. :(

    This is for you, Sweetie:

    Erik has given me Faith… does that even make sense? Erik has shown me Love.  Because of (you and) Erik I now can face death (others and eventually mine) with new acceptance.

    Thank you!

    xoxox

    Love, Sachi

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    Elisa,

    Thank you for sharing your most personal, precious and often heartbreaking experiences with everyone in order for us all to learn and grow from them. 

    I am mom to three teenagers and my youngest son’s name is Erik too!  I love and appreciate Erik’s young, fresh, honest perspective and his patience, willingness and availability to answer our questions about the aferlife as well as questions about our loved ones and the lives we are living now.  Erik is so joyful and the information he relates makes sense, it has the ring of truth, being consistent with other related material I’ve read.

    I think I saw Erik one night as I was coming out of a nap in my chair with the TV on.  I only saw his torso down.  He had his hands in his jean pockets and was wearing a red and blue checkered shirt.  just had the thought that it was him.

    I told my daughter about him and warned her that he may prank her sometime, just to give her a “heads-up”!

    The work you, Erik and Jamie are doing is truly wonderful, bringing enlightenment, hope and peace to so many.

    Thanks so much for everything!  I don’t mind if you use my name.

    Julie

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    You and Erik helped me with an issue that was eating me inside, terrible and embarrasing as it was… and didn`t judge me. For that I`ll always thank you both.


    Vicky

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    I’m so glad you asked this question. Erik has actually been there for me when I needed him. When I lost my soulmate – accidental suicide OD- I was devastated. I stumbled upon this site and have never left since. That was 20 months ago. I prayed that Erik would somehow let me know this was an accident, my love was safe. I grew up with so many misconceptions about suicide and how you never make it to a peaceful afterlife. You wouldn’t believe the messages and signs I received. I talked to a physic- she said my love was with another man, someone helping him and not to worry. Everything was explained and made sense. I met Erik in a dream, sweet, concerned look on his face for me and very busy. He was moving and had a mess on his hands. I begged Erik to help my love manifest in a dream. At last, I had my last goodbye- a wonderful kiss – so real from my love. At last, closure thanks to your wonderful, heavy-hearted boy. Thank you Erik. I love you my Raymond forever.

    Anonymous


  • May14th

    Kristina and Houston’s wedding was a lovely and forever memorable event. I hope to have the professional photographs soon but until then, here are a few we took ourselves.

    Many of you expected Erik to pull one of his usual pranks during the grand event and you won’t be disappointed to hear what happened. While the bridesmaids and I were getting ready in a special room in the church, the maid of honor, Tracy, who Kristina’s known since third grade, left her iPhone on a table in the middle of the room. I was standing right next to that table when sometime during the zipper closing, pantyhose pulling, demi-bra adjusting, it started to play one of her home videos. Now, I’m no technical genius, but I can’t imagine how a lonely iPhone could start playing on its own far from the hands of human intervention.

    The wedding was a bittersweet moment, because we all so wished Erik had been there to wish his big sister well. But Robert saw Erik all spiffed up in a tuxedo standing by his brother, Lukas, among the other groomsmen. He was beaming with pride.

    Before Erik shares what he knows about (gulp) demons, I’d like to give a shout out of gratitude for our one and only, blog member and guest blogger. He did an amazing job holding down the fort!

    Now let’s see if we can swish from angelic weddings to nasty demons.

    Me: Is it possible for someone to be born as demon? One of the blog members wants to know.

    Erik: You mean born on the Earth as a demon?

    Me: I’m not sure. I think so.

    Erik: No. The only reason I say that so factually is that demons don’t really take an earthly form.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: They have more power by staying in an entity form so why would they come as a human where they could do less damage. I pretty much think they’re goal is to wreak havoc on everyone.

    Me: Oh boy.

    Erik: But there can be some extreme mean-ass people, but that doesn’t define them as a demon.

    Me: Well, why are demons demons? Why would they wan to do that?

    Erik: What, to fuck things up?

    Me: Yeah!

    Erik: Well, because it plays a role for some people on Earth that they want to experience it; they want to believe in them. You know, people have a belief in demons! So, they exist, they’re real in their inner environment.

    Me: Okay. Why can’t people who see ghosts see their spirit guides sometimes?

    Erik: That’s because ghosts have a lower vibration. It’s easier to spot them.

    Me: Oh, so it’s closer to our frequency. I see!

     


  • May13th

    To read the entries of May 9-12, they can be found at www.theamendment.net in date order.  Erik gave us good comments on this one, so it should stay, since….um…this is, like HIS website!  The idea was a brochure, for just a few days.  - Stunt Double

    - o -

    The name of this entry is translated from a 1997 book in Spanish by a famous psychic and astrologer I had the honor to meet 10 years before it was published. I didn’t realise it then, but now recognise (Yes, Erik, I “apologise” for leaving British spelling and vocabulary out of the last entry…we’re back on track now…) the purpose. A quarter century on, the concepts have stayed strong. The title neatly summarises the purpose of life, society and civilization at this imminent, crucially important crossroads of planet Earth.

    Diverse reaction to the prior 4 entries is a human characteristic that will continue, I am happy to say, with broader understanding and perspective than what humanity has possessed in several millennia.  What will matter to each of us we will decide; in many cases it has been already decided by YOU. Reading this website is not random; impressions and understanding we take from its marvelous insights serve our greater comprehension.

    Much activity on Earth is at odds with the purposes of humanity. This very idea could rub the wrong way; significant time, effort and emotion are invested in careers, activities and lifestyles. Each experience is always our choice. This can be a harsh, offensive concept when considering tragedies such as serial murder, innocent imprisonment & executions or terrorism, both for victim and killer. If it were possible to see the “bigger picture” and understand all implications, we would not be here; there would be little benefit.

    Life on Earth has become too much of a struggle for too many people upon it; the sheer size of the human population partially contributes but other collective choices are factors also. Prominent world leaders choose the role they come to fill and yet it seems that nuances are lost; either blind hate or support is expressed with little room considered for intermediate positions. To say “slightly orange at value 6.45 on the 1 to 10 yellow to red scale” rapidly evokes strident criticism from both yellows and reds. Why can’t all three colours be options?  This abstract example reflects much of current humanity; it will change.  At the moment “tolerance” too often turns out to be a replacement of the established concept, not inclusion of it alongside the existing.  ”Remove and rebuild” seems to be preferred, not “build alongside, accept both.” This approach will also change.

    The catalyst will be physical; for a brief time it will be easy to conclude the end is coming. This most certainly is NOT what will happen, yet the perception of finality, of Earth and humanity on it, will be easy to create, and that conclusion will be offered aplenty. Fear is a powerful motivator and a useful, if counterproductive, reaction. When the temptation to see changes this way arrives, look down our road. It is not ending and will take us forward.

    The capabilities of our minds, the power of our thoughts and the strength of goodwill are the forces that dominate both the universe and our souls. These aspects of our existence, temporarily put aside, have fallen out of favour by choice.  This is not to say if humanity had continued to embrace the true aspect of our permanent existence in Heaven, there would be no changes at this moment; there still would be, certainly. The effect, extent and duration in Earth time would simply be different.

    We can still make things more productive; we ALWAYS can. It requires but recognition to do so. As Earth realigns, readjusts and we re-set our purposes, our awareness will grow as many of us cannot imagine. Recall a particularly lucid dream and then awakening to realise that you were only asleep; this sensation will steadily come for the great majority of us, who will see our world of three dimensions as a dream, so real whilst it took place yet also minimal by comparison with our expanded perspective.

    Conflicts, disputes and aggression will abate. The consequences of decisions will be considered simultaneously with the motivations; this approach is generally shunned right now. To foresee and call attention to unforeseen effects in the face of proposed solutions is quickly labeled oppositionist; to attempt an impartial valuation of both aspects to then take action with bilateral consideration will come to favour. Expressing an objection will be valued; it will be considered good part of policy decisions, contrary to what is often now practised.

    Social institutions will evolve; communities will be reinforced and strengthened. Harmony will be normal; violence, anger and conflict will fade. Aggression at all levels will wither. Cooperation will be common and appreciation will see a great return to playing a prominent role in our day to day existence.

    A vigorous nudge in the proper direction will get the ball rolling yet that push will be seen as a nasty shove. I am going through the final in a series of nasty shoves and speak from within. When the force of impact causes us to recoil, remember you are never a victim, you are not being punished, you are not being injured for its own sake. There is a far greater value and purpose in what befalls us from upcoming events. You and I all chose this, asked to be here and we all consider our presence a great honour. The opportunity is golden. We are all admired in ways no human can express, not on Earth and not with the massive limitations forced by our minimalist human languages.

    A new era on Earth awaits and it will be on stage in just a little while; the greater our understanding and breadth of view become, the more perplexed we might be with why we waited so long to do it. Hindsight, that most human of all concepts, is a valuable thing in the appreciation of our life’s lessons, all jewels in our crowns of unspeakable and immeasurable value.  Worry not about today’s rumble or tomorrow’s trouble but see them as steps to be climbed, levels to ascend and wealth to be had. Look forward to better and happier world, just beyond the horizon.

    - o -

    Stunt Double: Erik, can you give us any specific, individual advice? These last few entries have told about general trends, what about each one of us?

    Erik (Rune Medhus):        Do what feels natural; don’t do what you feel forced to do. With all the things going on from time to time, there will also be lots of help. We’re all here to point the way. When you feel worried or upset or afraid, do what feels right; this will be us talking to you, telling you what shit’s wrong and what’s right.

    SD: How will anybody know, when it all feels like it’s going wrong?

    ERM: Take a deep breath; concentrate for a few seconds on what’s bothering you; count to five. We count, too.

    SD: Just five seconds?

    ERM: Yeah and listen. Help’s all around; there aren’t life lessons as much as life lifted. Going through all the shit, that’s a lesson in itself. For a little while, a lot of us are gonna be on the same lesson, the same mission, whether it’s there or here.

    SD: In what ways will help be given?

    ERM: Lots of different things will show up; people with ideas and suggestions is one.  Stuff will show up at the right moment; unexpected stuff’ll happen. Accept it and keep going.

    SD: Should we be afraid?

    ERM: Hell no! Afraid of what? Just like you said in the entry, fear’s a powerful motivator, sure, but it holds back. There’s no reason for it; alligators aren’t going to show up and eat people!

    SD: When are things going to start and end?

    ERM: They’ve already started but not many people have noticed, ’cause the tree hasn’t  fallen far enough. Things’ll build up and then everybody will see that they’re different. The whole thing will be 5 or 10 years, depends on what people do.

    SD: What will people do to prolong or shorten these times?

    ERM: Simple; look at what’s happening as the end of an era with a new beginning and that’ll speed it up. If too many people look at changes as the end, the finish line, the things they thought were good are coming to the end because somehow everybody screwed up and deserves it, like it’s punishment? That slows shit way down.

    SD: What could we do differently from what we’re doing now?

    ERM: How big is the “we” club you’re talkin’ about? Make it big enough and I could kill everybody with pages of stuff to change. Don’t worry about anybody you don’t know, can’t see and don’t have around. They have guides and angels, too. Like litter, if everybody took care of just their own, you’d never see it. Just do the best you can.

    SD: Your mother’s been busy these past few days; anything to say?

    ERM: I was around, but whoever did it, wasn’t me!

    SD: Did what?

    ERM: It wasn’t me. Not yet, anyway, but that doesn’t mean there are no plans!

    SD: Your sister’s husband; you can’t blindside him like that.

    ERM: He should shake out his boots before he puts ‘em on.

  • May10th

    I know I said I wouldn’t post until Monday because of Kristina’s wedding but, well, I lied. I had to share these photos of her with the groom-to-be, Houston Braly!

    http://www.stylemepretty.com/texas-weddings/2012/05/10/houston-engagement-session-by-photographers-skeen/

    Professor Patrick is doing a fantastic job as guest blogger. Thanks, Patrick. We all appreciate you so much. Until Monday!

  • May8th

    Hello All,

    This is the last post before I kick my eldest daughter out of the nest! Her wedding is Saturday, and we are all so excited. Her fiancé, Houston, is such a wonderful guy. Couldn’t ask for better. I’ll try to post pictures when I return to the daily posting. Until then, Professor Patrick has graciously agreed to be our guest blogger. His channeling abilities are excellent. I’m sure he’ll share god only knows what from our boy.

    Another thing: I probably won’t be able to return emails so be gentle. I get over 100 per day.

    Now, along the lines of yesterday’s post, Erik shares more about “dark energies.”

    Me: Are there such things as shadows—dark energies that follow someone and prevent them from succeeding?

    Erik: Yeah.

    Me: Really? Why?

    Erik: I like to call them attachments. They’re ghosts, which are spirits who haven’t crossed over into other dimensions. They remain on the earthly dimensions.

    Jamie listens to Erik, and then laughs.

    Jamie (to Erik): I don’t know if we can use that one.

    Erik: Let’s take a fatty.

    Jamie (to Erik): Use a different example.

    Me: Yeah!

    Erik: Okay, let’s use an alcoholic. If it’s a ghost was an alcoholic while they were living and you went to a bar and you’re a good drinker, they can attach to you and enjoy that sensation. Now let’s say you’re done with being an alcoholic, but the attached entity is not. They are feeding you energy that supports you being a drunk.

    Me (sarcastically): Oh, great!

    Erik: You are fighting to be sober, but it’s not working. You’re in conflict.

    Me: How do you get rid of them?

    Erik: It’s really important that you learn how to know—is it your issue, or is it a bigger issue than yourself? Is it an attached entity?

    Me: How can you find out, and how can you get rid of them if that’s the issue?

    Erik: Well, if you’re not spiritually inclined yourself, then you need to go to someone who knows.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: Then—

    Jamie: I just wouldn’t go somewhere where you have to pay an arm and a leg and the person says, “Oh, you have to come back three times.”

    Erik: Yeah, people get wrapped up in the voodoo galore crap. You got someone attached to you? All right, tell them to leave! You set boundaries. You wash yourself; you cleanse yourself; you change your line of thinking so you don’t give your power to what you considered the little voice inside your head as being enlightened, because it’s an attached entity. What? Are you asking this for the first time?

    When he talks about washing and cleansing yourself, I’m sure he must be talking about energy rather than the physical body.

    Me: I know. My bad.

    Erik: I love you.

    Me: I love you, too, you little rapscallion! 

  • May7th

    The following piece addresses what so many of us in the Channeling Erik family grapple with. Why evil? Why do people like Ted Bundy exist and how can we rise above our judgments, our appall, our thoughts of revenge by capital punishment? This woman, Nanci Danison, might just have the answers we’ve been searching for. As an afterlife experiencer, she brought back with her answers to this and many other questions. What a beautiful gift.

    Why Evil Exists in the World – Part 2

    What is “Evil?

     Last month we discussed that human animals are violent (“evil”) and tend to blame the consequences of their violence on someone else, even God/Source. We Light Being souls inside the humans, however, are unconditionally loving, rather than violent, and take responsibility for our own actions.

     Evil is not a force in the world. Nor is it the influence of a fictional Satan, as I learned in the afterlife. Evil is a human construct. Declaring something “evil” is a judgment call. It means the person labeling the thing “evil” has determined emotionally or intellectually that the thing is morally bad. Determining what is morally corrupt can be done only within the confines of a specific person’s point of view. His or her religious or spiritual beliefs. His or her life values accumulated through experience and indoctrination.

     Holding the perspective that something is evil is a uniquely human experience. The only reason humans judge their own behaviors to be evil is because being judgmental is an innate human animal trait. Other animals do not share that trait of condemning their own instinct-driven behavior.

    Human animals are extremely judgmental, oftentimes inconsistently so. Many readers have complained to me about Source allowing Hitler to kill an entire race of humans. Many condemn killing innocent children, abortion, rape and abuse of all descriptions. Yet humans lobby for legislation that allows state governments to put the perpetrators of certain crimes to death. Some find it permissible to torture military prisoners in the interest of national security. Humans also congratulate themselves on their patriotism when they send young soldiers off to war to kill and be killed. Frequently humans see no contradiction between these two sets of values. Humans collectively hold different perspectives on violence and abuse committed in different contexts. The concept of “evil” is a floating one, riding the tides of human rationalizations and fears.

    When we are in our pure spiritual form in the afterlife we are no longer judgmental. We do not label actions or events as good or bad. We are able to objectively recognize that humans are inherently violent and accept human suffering as a fact of animal life. It is much the same as when humans observe wild animals and refrain from judging their behavior as bad or evil, acknowledging that violence is the law of the jungle.

    In sum, evil exists in the world only because humans have indiscriminately labeled some of their own behaviors with that word. When humans change their perspective on a behavior, it ceases to be evil. We have seen that happen throughout the course of history, including the rise and fall of prohibition, the proliferation of gambling casinos, the use of profanity on television, and nudity in movies. Evil is truly in the eye of the beholder.

    Next month I will answer readers’ questions about why Source created violent and immoral mankind.

    Thank you so much for being open to the messages I returned from the afterlife to share.

    Nanci

    Nanci L. Danison, JD, afterlife experiencer, attorney, and author of BACKWARDS: Returning to Our Source for Answers, BACKWARDS Guidebook, BACKWARDS Beliefs: Revealing Eternal Truths Hidden in Religions, and the Light Answers to Tough Questions series of CDs and DVDs (A.P. Lee & Co., Ltd., Publishers). Visit me at www.BackwardsBooks.com or watch me on YouTube.

  • May6th

    The small group channeling conference call held by Jamie and Erik is probably the most economic way of addressing questions, many of them life changing:. You can ask questions related to health, spiritual mission, past lives and more. You can also have Erik bring forth deceased relatives and friends. Quite amazing. I really suggest you reserve a spot, although they do tend to fill up quickly. You can do so by visiting this link on Jamie’s website: https://withloveandlight.com/shop/category/personal-growth/. The next call is 5/24.

    I urge you to listen to this conference call which took place on May 3rd before you reserve a spot so you can determine whether it’s right for you. If you click on the following link it will download to your desktop: http://www.mediafire.com/?setvba54lbbbts5 Be sure you give it time to download. It seems to take a while for some reason.

    Also, my daughter’s wedding is coming up on Saturday the 12th. Because the days before that date are beyond hectic, I won’t be able to post anything from 5/9 to 5/13. That’ll also give the newcomers a chance to catch up as they go through the archives! Hope that’s okay.

    Much love to you all!

    Elisa

     

  • May5th

    Enjoy the final part of the wisdom of Mr. Crisp.

    Me: Now, back to work. Do you have any messages or advice for us, Quentin?

    Jamie: Oh, here it is. Are you ready?

    Me: Ready as I’ll every be.

    Quentin: Gay, gay, gay. Bi, bi, bi. Lesbian, lesbian, lesbian. Transsexual, transsexual, transsexual.

    Me: Embrace all sorts of love?

    Quentin: We’re all stuck in a human body.

    Jamie: He says it so flippantly.

    Me: You’re saying love is love is love?

    Quentin: Love is love is love.

    Me: Okay. Erik, do you have any questions to ask Mr. Crisp?

    Erik: Yeah. Do you have any regrets?

    Quentin: Son, I have none. Anything that I had before has clearly been beaten out of me.

    Jamie: Oh, I think he means physically. Being beaten.

    Me (horrified): Physically beaten!

    Jamie: It’s not metaphorically.

    Me: Oh, no! You were beaten, Quentin?

    Quentin: My love, on several occasions.

    Me: Oh, I’m so sorry.

    Quentin: Well, we should feel sorry for the ones who felt they had to. They used brute instead of understanding.

    Me: Oh, gosh.  I am so sorry. I wish I had been there to defend you.

    Quentin: Thank you for the chivalrous attempt, but I think that you’re too small.

    Me: Maybe, but what I lack in brute strength I make up for in passion so I’d at least give them a run for their money.

    Quentin: Yes, in passion and in voice.

    Me: Yeah. I would scream and nag them to a bloody pulp.

    Quentin: You can definitely put pen to paper and create a lot of blood and tears.

    Me: Oh yes. For sure.

    Jamie: Oh, wow. What a comment.

    Me: So Quentin, do you feel like you accomplished all that you came here to do?

    Quentin: Yes, and I came here to accomplish all that I came here not to do.

    Me: Good! Very good! Well, thank you so much, Mr. Crisp.

    Quentin: Thank you, my love.

    Me: This has been such a wonderful interview.

    Jamie: Oh, he has—oh, I don’t know what they’re called—lace around the edge of the sleeve.

    Me: Oh, yes.

    Jamie: Isn’t there a name for that?

    Me: I don’t know. Quentin, is there a name for that?

    Quentin: Fashion!

    Jamie and I laugh!

    Me: Awesome.

    Jamie: Oh, he’s walking away.

    Me: Bye!

    Jamie: Bye!

    Jamie continues to laugh.

    Me: A grand exit, of course!

    Jamie: That was awesome. 

    You MUST watch this YouTube to fully understand the man behind the interview.

    http://youtu.be/UBiLi3yVSug

  • May4th

    As you will soon see, I had more fun interviewing Quentin Crisp than jut about any other celebrity. George Carlin was a close second though.

    Me: And did you gather a lot of insight as you wrote?

    Quentin: I did! I did! And it was very insightful, though it was never a philosophy or psych major. I find that in the end of my life, I was really self-taught. This is what fascinated me so much about my entire life.

    Me: You can draw a lot of insight that comes from self-reflection that comes from writing, can’t you?

    Quentin: Yes.

    Me: I find that in my own writing. Can you tell us a little about a life that influenced the one as Quentin Crisp?

    Quentin: A previous life that influenced my last one?

    Me: Yes.

    Jamie: He shows me a female Russian female ballerina. The costumes, the jewels, you know, sewn into the fabric.

    Me: Yes.

    Jamie: Very elaborate, so obviously very well funded. Money is definitely behind it. He is a little grown woman. Very, very petite.

    Quentin: In that life, as soon as I was born, I knew that I was meant to be a dancer.  I had such drive and such passion. I was very pleased with myself with that life—very satisfied. After I couldn’t dance anymore, I got very ill and died—within 6 to 8 moths after not being able to dance anymore. My life was over. I came in that life to have this purpose, and I now you’re curious to know why, but when I came into this life I had no drive about who I was and what I was going to do. I very much feel that the majority of my life was spent lost and with loose ends. It wasn’t until the end of my life that I realized that that was what I had craved so much—to be lost and full of loose ends.  It actually indeed was a direction for me.

    Me: What was a direction for you? Can you clarify “being lost”?

    Quentin: Yes.

    Me: That sounds like an oxymoron. What purpose did that serve?

    Quentin: Freedom.

    Me: Ah! Freedom from purpose.

    Quentin: Freedom from purpose and freedom to get into whatever sticky situation that sought me or that I sought after.

    Me: So that uncertainty gave you the gift of opportunity that blinders toward purpose would have denied you.

    Quentin: Freedom—

    Jamie (giggling): I wish I could mimic him! He’s so elaborate! So awesome! He’s got—he looks, um—oh, I hope I’m not going to insult him—it looks like he has costume makeup on.

    Me: Um hm

    Jamie: Okay. Like a performance makeup, though he’s not dressed like he’s performing anything.

    Jamie and I giggle.

    Me: And so that freedom from purpose gave you what?

    Quentin: My life.

    Me: Yeah.

    Quentin: It gave me the opportunity to be the artist, the writer, the socialist, the storyteller—everything.

    Me: Did it release a lot of creativity in you?

    Quentin: It released more than that.

    Jamie (giggling): I think he’s being a little nasty.

    Me: Huh?

    Jamie (giggling with obvious embarrassment): I think he’s being a little nasty, because Erik is giving me this look like I didn’t catch on.

    Me: Uh oh! Quentin! What are we going to do with you!

    Quentin: Anything you want!

    Jamie and I belly laugh!

    Jamie (sniffing back tears): Oh man, I like him!

    Me: Me too!

    Jamie: He’s like just enough of uncomfortable, you know.

    Me: Can we keep you, Quentin?

    Quentin: Please. Maybe you need a new editor. 

    Me: You silly!

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