“I don’t think about what I do. I do it,” he told me.
“That’s Buddhism.
I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down.”
“That’s Buddhism.
I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down.”
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury was one of my all-time favorite authors. Along with Issac Asimov, he filled my summer reading list and shaped my hopes for the future. My mom loved his work and I still have her torn copy of "Golden Apples of the Sun" and when it rains to much I think to the lost astonauts who despair in the storm, and during the eclipse I told my children the story of the girl who was locked in the closet the day the sun came out.
Last year, my brother called me up early one Sunday morning and said, "You know that one story where....." and I did. I walked to my garage, pulled out the box, lifted out the book, and read him the passage. It was Ray getting quoted in Sunday School just a few hours later.
He was a man of vision, and we would have been smart to listen a little more.
Mr. Ray Bradbury passed away today, he will be missed.
6 comments:
How sad! Loved his writing! Fahrenheit 451 was a favorite!
Thanks for sharing this..might not have realized it otherwise.
Hugs,
mouse
Another great one passed, like you Bradbury, Asimov, and Heinlein were staples of my reading.
Ray will certainly be missed.
On of my favs as well ... I let out an audible gasp when I saw the news yesterday. Thanks for the post. :)
He will indeed be missed. So many of the great science fiction writers have passed on. Issac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke were also favorites of mine.
Thanks for sharing your memories.
Joyce
Another of my childhood icons gone. sigh.
Oh, and I forgot two things... First off a cartoon. http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/index.html (Ray Bradbury tribute... )
Next... A video for you. Not office friendly. http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=e1IxOS4VzKM&feature=em-share_video_user&has_verified=1
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