Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction, unplugged because we will always say
yes to creativity, totally uncut because we all make mistakes.
So let's turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged.
I write in a forest. I go inside these collections
of trees to do nothing but listen. What started at
the Billygraham Library in twenty fifteen in Charlotte, North Carolina
has evolved into a lifelong commitment and journey. Something is
always moving through each and every one of us. It's
our calling. These are my words. These are the lyrics
from Billy's Forest, chapter number three hundred forty five, December third,
twenty twenty two. When nature plays together for several minutes,
I have stood here watching two deer and a few
squirrels sitting tightly together. It was if Disney was playing
out right there in front of me. The oldest dough
was near the brick wall, nudging the leaves away from
the covered green. The squirrels calmly walk over to the
newly exposed area. They look at the peaks of the
leaves and then the dirt. Not one animal did anything
to push the other away. Because deer are such a
normal part of our lives. I do wonder if we're
seeing the same herd every day or are the deer travelers,
which would make the squirrel deer relationship even more interesting. Now,
research does show that deer are creatures of habit. They
do bed in the same location every day, or at
least until the bucks begin to move, and in some
cases that's when the dough have got to move on
as well. The deer nor the squirrel instantly take off.
When I step into the forest, there's always a greeting
from them, you know, it's almost like a Disney movie.
We're on our way to make natural music. What is
around you that you see every day but you don't
recognize it? Seems like a blind spot in the wall,
doesn't it. You experience it, but you don't recognize it.
It's always with you, but you don't talk about it.
We all have those moments where we step into something,
and because we all are creatures of habit, we don't
make a move unless somebody pushes us, like the buck
when it comes to the dough. But what is in
your life, in your present, in your right now that
you walk through it but you're not recognizing it? For instance,
like I'm sitting here in the studio overlooking this forest
in South Charlotte, North Carolina, and every morning the tiny
squirrels bous from limb to limb to limb. I'm twenty
three feet off the ground. There's nothing but twenty three
feet of air between me and the forest floor below.
I can see what's flying through these trees or the
birds that sit on them, and they act like they're
performing for the poet in the forest. Learning to recognize
what is in your right now is a valuable part
of finding inner peace. Instead of relying on creatures of habit,
rely on your open eyes and heart. I'm errow. These
aren't my word words. These are the lyrics from Billy's Forest.