C. McNair Wilson's Blog

���Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our chil...

���Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children."

- Walt Disney

 

  :: what's brewing? ::  

TEA WITH McNAIR is dedicated to Recapturing Your Creative Spirit���making a complete 180 turn around in life.  Shun the ordinary. You can choose to live a consciously creative life, again. Grab a copy my latest book, HATCH! ��� the first book in my "trilogy" on creativity. (Book No.2 arrives ... soonly.)
Get a FREE PDF of the complette, fully-illustrated first chapter, opening material, and endorsements from HATCH! here: HATCH-SAMPLE. 
The TWO best methods of acquiring your own copy of HATCH! :: GIVINGTONS.com "The Generosity Shop" where a portion of every purchase is donated to a charity YOU select. [Click book cover (left) to enlarge and enjoy the fine print.] Purchase autographed/personalized copies cheaper than Amazon, for friends and co-workers HERE. Our endless pre-Christmas sale is on NOW! Buy two copies and get a tthird copy HALF OFF. Or ... buy 10 copies for your team/staff: get FREE Skype Q&A w/ me (McNair.)

WATCH my full, TED Talk "Recapturing Your Creative Spirit" TEDx Denver. Also, catch my three-minute introductory video, "How a Trombone Can Change Your Life"   HERE . 
Book No.2 (not the title) in the HATCH Trilogy is in the works and should arrive ... soonly. Pre-publication sale (with big discounts) coming shortlish.

 

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1.03.01

�����join me in Orlando next week!

$250 OFF REGISTRATION!

Join me NEXT WEEK in Orlando @ "the thing" & get $250 OFF registration by using code: "McNAIR" Conference is Fri-Sun ... on Thursday spend a day in Magic Kingdom for my "An Imagineer's Behind-the-Dreams Tour."

TWO  NEW KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

At the conference I will be premiering TWO new keynote presentations!!!! If you live in Central Florida you are not required to stay at The Grove Resort, but it is a great (brand new) place, beautiful, all-suite (with kitchens) resort ... and their own, on-site water park! Website: http://thethinglive.com/

 

SPEND A DAY IN MAGIC KINGDOM w/ ME!

Next Thuursday, 17 May, (the day before "the thing" starts) there's an optional "Imagineer's Behind the Dreams Tor" in the Magic Kingdom ... with me, Terry Weaver and some surprise guests!

��� friday, 30 march 2018 a.d.

From "B.C." by Johnny Hart (1958-2007)

 

���HE'S ALIVE."- Mary :: what's brewing? :: TE...

���HE'S ALIVE."

- Mary

 

  :: what's brewing? ::  

TEA WITH McNAIR is dedicated to Recapturing Your Creative Spirit���making a complete 180 turn around in life.  Shun the ordinary. You can choose to live a consciously creative life, again. Grab a copy my latest book, HATCH! ��� the first book in my "trilogy" on creativity. (Book No.2 arrives ... soonly.)
Get a FREE PDF of the complette, fully-illustrated first chapter, opening material, and endorsements from HATCH! here: HATCH-SAMPLE. 
The TWO best methods of acquiring your own copy of HATCH! :: GIVINGTONS.com "The Generosity Shop" where a portion of every purchase is donated to a charity YOU select. [Click book cover (left) to enlarge and enjoy the fine print.] Purchase autographed/personalized copies cheaper than Amazon, for friends and co-workers HERE. Our endless pre-Christmas sale is on NOW! Buy two copies and get a tthird copy HALF OFF. Or ... buy 10 copies for your team/staff: get FREE Skype Q&A w/ me (McNair.)

WATCH my full, TED Talk "Recapturing Your Creative Spirit" TEDx Denver. Also, catch my three-minute introductory video, "How a Trombone Can Change Your Life"   HERE . 
Book No.2 (not the title) in the HATCH Trilogy is in the works and should arrive ... soonly. Pre-publication sale (with big discounts) coming shortlish.

 

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1.03.01

��� don't wait a week, start now

Happy Christmas! So enjoy the day, and tomorrow, but let's not wait a week for launching that new project; staring in on that long-avoided, much-dreamt about, work of art, book or ... you know the one.

Just get out to the garage (don't know what that is? Ask your mom ... or her mom) and get on it.

It doesn't matter how long you've been thinking, noodling, even already start3d on it���a whole ago���NOW is the time to begin finishing. 

It may take some time, but that's one of the few things in life we have plenty of if we use it well. And don't think you don't have the right tools, facilities, or other resources to get started on a completing (your project title here.)

Some pretty big organizations, groundbreaking developments, and world-changing creations began in a garage. (One of the biggest events didn't even have a garage. Mosty likely, given the terrain the little town, it was just a hole in the side of a rocky hill where they sheltered a couple cows and few horses and donkeys belonging to travelers. Tradition says it was a stable. Whatever it was, it wasn't much. Certainly not the sort of place you would make a pretty painting of for a greeting card.  

Garage, stable, cave ... it's not the place but what took place there. Add some scruffy shepherds, a few sheep, a fleet of camels and a half-dozen star gazing Persians (and their dozen or more servants, cooks, and camel wranglers) and you have the makings of a history-interrupting event.

So, get to the garage ... right after watching this inspirational (non-religious) video. 

���The hardest part abpout getting started, is STARTING."...

���The hardest part abpout getting started, is STARTING."

- Guy Kawasaki, "The Art of The Start"

 

  :: what's brewing? ::  

TEA WITH McNAIR is dedicated to Recapturing Your Creative Spirit���mkaing a complete 180 turn around in life. Shun the ordinary.You can choose to live a consciously creative life, again. Grab a copy my latest book, HATCH! ���first book in a "trilogy" on creativity. (Book No.2 arrives later this year.)
FREE PDF of the fully-illustrated, first  chapter and opening material from HATCH! here: HATCH-SAMPLE. 
The TWO best methods of acquiring your own copy of HATCH! :: GIVINGTONS.com "The Generosity Shop" where a portion of every purchase is donated to a charity YOU select. [Click book cover (left) to enlarge and enjoy then fine print.] Purchase autographed/personalized copies cheaper than Amazon, for friends and co-workers HERE. Our pre-Christmas sale is on NOW! WHen you buy ten copies for your team/staff: you get a FREE Skype Q&A with me (McNair.)

WATCH my full, TED Talk "Recapturing Your Creative Spirit" TEDx Denver. Also, catch my three-minute introductory video, "How a Trombone Can Change Your Life"   HERE . 
Book No.2 (not the title) in the HATCH Trilogy is in the works and should arrive Summer 2017. Pre-publication sale (and discounts) coming soon.

 

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1.03.01

�����doing you

As a part of last June's "the thing" conference in  Orlando, we all took in a performance of CIRQUE DU SOLEIL at Downtown Disney (a.k.a. Disney Spwings). After the show a friend caught me clowning about in the lobby. Then, Terry Weaver, major domo of "the thing" turned it into a little poster with my "If you don't do you ..." quote. This is a quick, first poke to get you thinking about being with us for "thing too" in 2018.

This is a quick, first poke to get you thinking about being with us for "thing too" in Spring 2018.

It is a gathering of creators and entrepreneurs conspiring to image, plan, and inspire together. Our first "thing" (June 2o16) attracted a stunning array of folks from the world of the arts, media, finance, law, communications, ministry, authors, personal and corporate coaches, and even those who run their own big conferences and conventions.

We even had a highly successful candle maker! It really was one of the most surprisingly diverse groups of people I've seen in one place interacting and inspiring, learning and laughing, doodling and dreaming.    

We will have exact dates for "the thing" 2018 ... soon. There will be BIG discounts for early registration (both on conference registration and room rates.) We will be at a sensational resort adjacent to Walt Disney World! For now, circle late spring 2018!

As soon dates are set, you'll see them here, as well as on my Facebook pages, and Twitter: @McNairWilson.

[ Group photo: "the thing" pre-conference, 

my "Behind the Dreams Tour" in the Magic Kingdom.

We began the day with lunch at Sanaa, Animal Kingdom Lodge with 

wild animals roaming free just outside the windows

next to our tables. GREAT FOOD!]

���Even guys who follow elephants in a parade (carrying a...

���Even guys who follow elephants in a parade (carrying a shovel)

tell their friends, 'I'm in the circus!'"

 

   :: what's brewing? ::  

TEA WITH McNAIR is dedicated to Recapturing Your Creative Spirit���mkaing a complete 180 turn around in life. Shun the ordinary.You can choose to live a consciously creative life, again. Grab a copy my latest book, HATCH! ���first book in a "trilogy" on creativity. (Book No.2 arrives later this year.)
FREE PDF of the fully-illustrated, first  chapter and opening material from HATCH! here: HATCH-SAMPLE. 
The TWO best methods of acquiring your own copy of HATCH! :: GIVINGTONS.com "The Generosity Shop" where a portion of every purchase is donated to a charity YOU select. [Click book cover (left) to enlarge and enjoy then fine print.] Purchase autographed/personalized copies cheaper than Amazon, for friends and co-workers HERE. Our pre-Christmas sale is on NOW! WHen you buy ten copies for your team/staff: you get a FREE Skype Q&A with me (McNair.)

WATCH my full, TED Talk "Recapturing Your Creative Spirit" TEDx Denver. Also, catch my three-minute introductory video, "How a Trombone Can Change Your Life"   HERE . 
Book No.2 (not the title) in the HATCH Trilogy is in the works and should arrive Summer 2017. Pre-publication sale (and discounts) coming soon.

 

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���The audience liked it so, we did it again."~ SAK The...

���The audience liked it so, we did it again."

~ SAK Theatre 1977-2017 (See post below)

   :: what's brewing? ::  

TEA WITH McNAIR is dedicated to Recapturing Your Creative Spirit. You can choose to live a consciously creative life, again. Start by grabbing a copy my latest book, HATCH! ���the first book in a "trilogy" on creativity. (There will be three books, at least. Book No.2 arrives later this year.)
Download a FREE PDF of the fully-illustrated, complete first  chapter and other material from HATCH! here: HATCH-SAMPLE. 
The TWO best methods of acquiring your own copy of HATCH! :: GIVINGTONS.com "The Generosity Shop" where a portion of every purchase will be donated to a charity YOU select. (Get TWO copies: a friend will "borrow" it and you'll never see it again.) Click book cover (left) to enlarge and enjoy then fine print. You can purchase autographed & personalized copies of HATCH! ($5 off Amazon price), for friends and co-workers HERE. (When you purchase 2 books, you can get a third copy "HALF OFF").  Get ten copies for your team/staff and get a FREE Skype Q&A with me, McNair.

WATCH my full, TED Talk "Recapturing Your Creative Spirit" TEDx Denver. Also, catch my three minute introductory video, "How a Trombone Can Change Your Life"   HERE . 
Book No.2 (not the title) in the HATCH Trilogy is in the works and should arrive Summer 2017. Pre-publication sale (and discounts) coming soon.

 

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1.03.01

�����SAK theatre is turning 40 (years)

Hard to believe, but the little idea that wouldn't go away, SAK Theatre will be 40 years old, August 17th ... this year���2017. The original troupe will be performing at their birthplace���the Minnesota Renaissance Festival���for the opening weekend, 19 & 20 August.

"Be there, or be somewhere else!"

Photo: Original SAK Theatre street gang at Minn. Ren Fest, 1977. L to R from top: Bob Lockman (R.I.P 1954-2011), C. McNair Wilson, Terry Olson, Bernelle Hansen, G. Herbert Hansen, Katie Blackburn. All will be there, except our dear Bob who got a higher gig in 2011.

Come and help us celebrate by grabbing some of the SAK@40 commemorative gear. I have created three different designs and each is available on a dizzying array of items from a bazzillion shirts and hoodies, to mugs, hats, buttons, stickers, blankets, catheters ... you'll see. Even if you cannot be with us for opening weekend of the Minn Ren Fest, grab some SAK@40 stuff and wear it that weekend ... "wear-ever" your are. Here's the link to the online shop: McNair's Adventurers Outfitters

And here are the images.

Our now-legendary motto: 

"The Audience Like It, So We Did it Again ...."

and

"... Forty Years of Eating Turkey Legs and Wearing Colorful Tights."

 

And then a re-do of an old SAK design from the 1980's, now in color, with a new caption:

SAK Theatre: The Silliest Show In The Known Universe! 1977-2017

Hope to see you in Minnesota!