Light Show Escapades
I was driving home yesterday and I got off the expressway relieved once again to be on familiar ground. I drove through our small downtown area and I was observing all of the houses that values have doubled since the Christmas season invest of inflatable lawn ornaments and fake icicles (I miss plastic mangers). I slowed to a stop at a red light and looked up to see lights flashing. After a closer look I noticed it was more then just flashy lights. There was some choreography involved. This house, which was not the best kept, had a Christmas light show for all to see. Parked next to a $750,000 mansion for sales this tiny shack over shadowed its glamorous neighbors with flashing porch pillars and glowing snowflakes. It is not common when parked at a stop light to beg for it to last longer, but this Christmas spectacular intrigued me enough to make me want to stop and watch for the loop in the light pattern to occur.
It all started with this electrical engineer (video the right). He made a Christmas light show at his house all by means of being an electric nerd. While lights show have been around for a while he made it public domain. Flashing lights had to be his passion. I find this story very interesting. For some reason I have been thinking about the “American Dream” a lot lately. I think this man better represents the American dream then the one commonly portrayed. It is said that you have to work to achieve this dream, but there lies more in this dream then freedom and money. Carson Williams of Mason, Ohio put his passion to the test. He found he was not the only person who liked flashing lights. Since his light show in 2004 (which was used in a Miller Light commercial), Carson has made his own company that specializes in custom light shows. You can view his website here. Some of his works include the Symphony in Lights at The Northfield Stapleton Mall in Denver, design for The Promenade Bolingbrook, located Chicago, IL and design for Yorkdale Shopping Cneter, located Toronto, CA.
I think this is really what people strive should strive to do in life. God calls us to work and work is hard. Ever since the fall of man kind that has been the case. Why not spend time doing something that is a passion, instead of striving to make as much money possible regardless of the pain and depression? I think America gives a great chance for anyone to do this.
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