Comments on: Thomas Sullivan: INSPIRATION IS A DUET

By: Thoms Sullivan

Thoms Sullivan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:05:39 +0000

Ha-Ha. I see Dragon has done my another in the very act of correcting the first. “Thoms” is now my name instead of “Thomas.” I like it. This is how REAL creativity takes place…

– Sully (Thoms)

By: Thoms Sullivan

Thoms Sullivan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:03:51 +0000

Responding to a number of e-mails asking if I really meant “Revelry” in the second paragraph. Well… no. I meant “Reveille” of course. I’d like to officially blame my voice activation software Dragon Naturally Speaking because that’s the way it put it down when I dictated this column. But unofficially I did see it and it didn’t register until the column had been up for a while. So take your pick: Revelry or Reveille.

– Sully

By: Thoms Sullivan

Thoms Sullivan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:26:20 +0000

Autism has always been a synonym for “still waters run deep” to me. I look forward to it.

– Sully

By: terry berczyk

terry berczyk — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:07:35 +0000

thank you. my son is actually a very fine writer. i think the autism brings out the musings that most kids speak; he just puts it better on paper. last week he started writing the story of his life. if it ever comes to fruition i’ll send you some of it! (it’s great humor).

By: Thoms Sullivan

Thoms Sullivan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:58:41 +0000

Putting music on film makes perfect sense to me — the same cross-threads of creativity I wrote about with Glenn Frey at Crosslake last month. Congrats on the blue ribbon, but you know you win one every day with your family and especially your son.

– Sully

By: terry berczyk

terry berczyk — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:20:26 +0000

you are truly an inspiration,along with nature! thank you again for somewhat straightening the path i’ve been stumbling down for some years. i think the pairing of the poetry and photos will soon happen, it’s just going to take a bit of commitment on my part. there are long evenings at work that i could put to better use! (by the way, i took another blue ribbon this summer). sometimes it’s hard to take the thoughts that are rambling through the brain and descriptively put it to paper and then connect the paper to film. something like the musician. putting music on film.huh.

By: Thomas Sullivan

Thomas Sullivan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:13:59 +0000

‘Tis times like these make us all aware of each other…and grateful for each other’s thoughts and feelings across the miles, Wayne. Amazing how many emails I’ve received from people who resonated to my saying I was “seduced by isolation.” To be a writer is to drift in that direction, I guess. Albeit we value relationships all the more. I’ve always been intensely loyal, but I’ve never thought about the connection with being alone before. Harry’s legacy is in no small measure the feelings you’re experiencing now, methinks.

– Sully

By: Wayne Allen Sallee

Wayne Allen Sallee — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:06:32 +0000

I am still mourning Harry Fassl, but it made it easier seeing Harry, Diane & I walking through your paragraphs, seeing your giant blurry face above us, the flowers all around.

By: Thomas Sullivan

Thomas Sullivan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:44:58 +0000

Spoken like a true artist! Are you a writer? Visual artist? You seem to have the vision of both.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:55:42 +0000

None other than the Jersey Tomato! It’s psychic. I was trying to get back to the beauty of your writing, and sorry I ever said anything about the critic. It’s what readers do, but the concept of connecting with what inspires us and being brave enough to stay with it even at the cost of being isolated is what writers and artists do. I think humors is just another kind of beauty. Be disarmed can be beautiful, too.