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Influences
On my bookshelf is a book over 100 years old. It is a copy of 20,000 leagues under the sea from the 1890's. It's behind glass and is pretty beat up. The pages have that dry crumbled feeling to them. I don't think I've actually handled the book since I last moved 4 years ago.
This book is probably one of the most influential books in my life. Not only was it the largest book I had read at the time, but it was the first time I was truly inspired. Much of my childhood was spent building the Nautilus out of legos and creating new adventures for Captain Nemo and his crew. I even created my own background for Nemo's story and a legacy.
This imagination led me to rethink the other most inspirational story of my young life. Using legos again, I re-imagined another story which captured my imagination. When I close my eyes, I can still see the layout of the lego ship Icarus.
This book is probably one of the most influential books in my life. Not only was it the largest book I had read at the time, but it was the first time I was truly inspired. Much of my childhood was spent building the Nautilus out of legos and creating new adventures for Captain Nemo and his crew. I even created my own background for Nemo's story and a legacy.
This imagination led me to rethink the other most inspirational story of my young life. Using legos again, I re-imagined another story which captured my imagination. When I close my eyes, I can still see the layout of the lego ship Icarus.
