Man it’s getting bad now. I can’t sleep because I’m thinking about parkour too much again. It’s like I’m in withdrawals, a few days away from training and I can’t get it out of my head. Except nowadays I’m not even thinking about running, I’m thinking of the next parkour video we’ll shoot, or what GasWorks wold look like if we convinced the parks and rec folk to turn it into a parkour park.
I’m thinking about the nonprofit, I’m thinking about how many traceurs we could get to show up at clean-up jam, who we could get to sponsor it, and how it could all turn out. I’m thinking about what it would take to rebuild a piece of David Belle’s childhood training ground that got torn down because of drug trafficking. I’m thinking about how parkour could leave its mark on the world, how it could turn a misused horrible little place into a well-kept and well-used parkour paradise simply because of its interesting architecture and nothing else. Or how it will “cure” childhood obesity, teach people how to play again, return PE and recess to schools, show people the outside world is worth taking care of, return escalators and elevators to the handicapped who actually need them, and make the world a better place.
We spent about an hour and half today traveling to an amazing wooden structure/playground at an old highschool Christian has childhood memories of. When we got there we couldn’t find it because it had been torn down. In it’s place there was nothing but another grass field to add on to the school’s collection of six or seven grass fields to play on.
I’m a dreamer who can’t sleep. Perhaps the soothing voice of Apple’s tutorial video guy teaching me how to make custom DVD menus will help.
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Haha, Im the same way sometimes. Especially when thinking about some exciting event coming up, or some new move or location.
I know that the phrase “train of thought” has been around for a while, but man…my thoughts really move like trains. They take a while to gain momentum (for me to start really caring), but once they start moving, they don’t stop. Whether it’s an interesting pattern over some scale on the trumpet, or a piece of art i’m working on….it’s always on my mind. If it’s the trumpet pattern that i’m working on, i’ll find myself moving my fingers–practicing the pattern–while i’m doing other things….I don’t even realize it most of the time! Sometimes i’ll even think of a solution to an artistic problem in the middle of a conversation with somebody…i’ll just go “–Oh, DUH!” And scurry over to my sketchbook or something.
It has definitely kept me up at night though, so I know how you feel. The brakes on my train of thought must be really worn down.
–Nathan
I’m the same way tonight boyo. I’ve been out training at gasworks and it was so peaceful. I don’t know what I’d do if they decided to tear it down. I think tomorrow I’m going to bring clean up gear for the shoot and do a little before we get to filming parkour, just to get the idea out there. What do you think?
I think we need a lot of people and permission, but I think we can actually get that soon.
I’ve definately been there before. One thing that has helped me tremendously is a book called “The Power of NOW.” The author is Eckhart Tolle, and you can find it on Amazon for cheap. The book has actually helped me out with my mindset in regards to my parkour training. Check it out and tell me what you think…