Wyld Creativity: An Unforgettable Night.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

An Unforgettable Night.

Last night was epic.

I will never forget last night; I think even when I turn 80 I will remember The Toronto U2 360 July 11, 2011 Tour.

It’s the day after and I am basking in the sun sitting on my deck listening to U2 on my iPod. Strong gusts of winds are breezing through my hair and I am closing my eyes picturing last night. It was a beautiful thing. We made incredible friends with U2 fans from all over the world while waiting from 4am in the morning in the GA line up. We were numbers 119,120,121,122 and 123. These friends and I ran down to the inner circle around 5-5:30 and got positioned inner circle front row against the rails and second row just behind. All day I had been asking them to tell me what it was like …traveling the world, always watching the show from the front rails, being on stage with Bono as 2 of these new friends had been brought on stage numerous times as they explained the band wants a good show and pull up trust worthy fans. Every time I asked they would tell me they couldn’t talk about it, words could not describe the experience and now I know what they mean.

2 years ago on the same tour Kyle and I had a great experience at the back of the inner circle thinking the view of the band would be better because we wouldn’t have to look up but yesterday we decided to take our new friends advice and go up to the very front and wow, were we ever glad we did.

My tears started with “Walk On” and this song for me is a proclamation to my life’s struggles and moving forward in spite of all diversity and when Edge’s guitar strings led us into “Streets with No Name” the tears began to stream. It was like a giant worship service, you could sense Bono’s Passion and I can’t tell you with confidence that he is a believer in God but watching him lead us into what I would consider worship during this song was unreal. He was lifting his hands praising and I was praising God and I looked at my new friends and new exactly what they were talking about early in the day when they were saying you can’t describe or talk about what goes on, it’s unexplainable and it truly is. I have never in my life been a part of something so incredible before.

Some highlights of the night for me were some new friends and I holding up my big red Magnificent banner that I had made and Bono actually acknowledging it with delight and Larry and the Edge with their big smiles, watching us and taking it all in. What really amazed me was how appreciative and thankful they all were. The seemed genially floored at the amount of appreciation and love we were giving them. I kept hearing Bono saying “Wow” quietly to himself throughout the night, you could tell he was just as amazed as we were.

I desperately want to meet up with my new friends in New Brunswick on July 30^th for the last show on the 360 Tour, they are all going to be there and I would love to be a part of it all over again, I know it is going to be awhile until the next new tour but whatever happens you know I will be there. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

No comments:

Post a Comment

The Story of a Prince and a Girl who Dreamed of finding Her Prince.

Once upon a time there was a young woman named Ruby; she lived in a far way kingdom where only the stars in the sky could light the way. The kingdom was tall and made of stone. Inside, it had all of the finest linens and tapestries with winding stair cases, golden mirrors and exotic flowers that stretched the kingdom’s stone walls. The kingdom was surrounded by a large creek bed and had a large wooden draw bridge outside the tall black iron front gates. Beyond the kingdom were many forests, pastures, rivers and hills.

The young woman lived in the kingdom with only her two servants Nigel and Jasmine. They had been with Ruby ever since her mother gave birth to her and have cared for her and loved her since the great royal war that took her family tragically away from her. Years had past since then and Ruby was a young woman now. Since the great royal war she had not seen another person beside her servants. The lands had been deserted as other kingdoms were destroyed and abandoned. No one knew this kingdom existed. It stood in a far off place that only one deserted over grown pathway in the forest would lead to.

Ruby spent her childhood growing up playing with all the animals in the forest, she had names for all of them and would spend her days dancing in the pastures and walking along the creek bed throwing stones into the water. She was content those days as she lived free and enjoyed every tree, every stone, and every pathway near the kingdom. She loved her home but she missed her family and many times she felt alone.

As Ruby grew older she began to stop playing in the pastures and instead she spent her days walking along the creek bed dreaming of finding love and not being alone anymore. Every night outside her balcony she would spend time looking out into the stars and making wishes that one day soon a wonderful man would find the unmarked path in the forest that would lead him to her kingdom.

Nigel and Jasmine were very old now; Ruby took time to care for them and tended to their needs. She would gather food from the garden and make them food to eat and get them blankets to make sure they were comfortable when it was cold. She was not sure how much longer they would live but one thing she knew was how much she admired they’re love for one another and she hold that in her heart for as long as she lived.

It was a warm fall evening; the leaves from the trees were lightly falling as the sun began to set. Ruby was standing on her balcony in her long white silk night gown. As the dark sky began to shine, a light breeze bustled against her gown and her long brown hair blew lightly in the wind. She stood with her hands on the balcony ledge and wished to the stars like she had so many nights before singing” Star light Star bright bring my prince home to me tonight” She stared up into the dark blue sky and began to talk more to the shinning stars.

Just as she was looking up into the sky, talking to the stars a man was following the pathway from the forest that leads to Ruby’s kingdom. He was beginning to approach the edge of the pathway he had began journeying on earlier that day and was about to step on to a beautiful white shiny stoned pebble walk way that would lead up to a draw bridge and to Ruby’s kingdom.

The young man had been travelling for months only eating what he could find along the pathway. Henry was a prince from the golden city of Persia. He was on an expedition when he was captured by rivals and taken to a far away land where he was imprisoned in a place he did not know. Months ago after many nights planning Henry escaped while the guards were sleeping. He thought he would be able to journey home by recognizing land marks but once he had fled the guards he realized that he was further from home then he ever imagined and much to his dismay he did not recognize any of his surroundings. He had been following the sun in hopes of finding his way home. Each day he walked further hoping that one day the pathway would lead him to his family.

Earlier that day Henry had been walking though the forest with large green bushes and fruitful trees around him when he saw a small unmarked pathway that was ragged and old. There were no fruit trees, only old tall trees and an old pebble pathway that seemed run down and abandoned.

He was going to continue to walk on the pathway he had been but something caught his eye as he walked past this abandoned trail. Henry saw a small red ruby attached to a ring lying in between some wet leaves. The sun was shining on it and it glistened and shinned at him. He bent down and lifted the leaves around it away and dusted the ring off and looked at. The ring was prestigious and fit for a princess. He thought about continuing on the main pathway road through the forest but he was drawn down this unmarked pathway. He wondered if this ruby red ring belonged to someone. He put the ring in his pocket and began to walk along the jagged unmarked pathway. He noticed that there were no markings along this pathway so it appeared that no one had walked this pathway for many years.

To Be Continued…

Wyld Creativity

Overcome.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

An Unforgettable Night.

No comments:

About Me