If you ever wonder what lies above your own cloudy days....
A revelation I had along time ago. Always makes me smile when I see God reminding me of it. And it's still just as inspiring upon touchdown at O'Hare.
Eventually my flight ended up in Vegas. Sat next to this "kid" named Juan on the way in. At first I thought he was just a nervous flyer but then realizing he had a beer and a full glass of water prior to his flight... revealed the truth. He was on his way to Vegas for the typical birthday bash. Happy 30th!
After landing in LV and making my way to the MGM Grand...
.... I had to wait a bit on my room to be ready so off to sitesee! Wow. Um. Yeah. Big place this Las Vegas. Interesting. Did I mention wow?
And Pink Lady Sexual Chocolate or whatever the hell his name was located within 100 ft of the hotel. This place cracks me up! Gonna be some scar tissue with this one. Either that or therapy somewhere down the line.
So finally I get checked in and find the room. And I felt like I swallowed the red pill and went down the rabbit hole. Being a good caddy I stepped off the yardage and it's a solid 4-iron aka 210 yards from the elevator to my room. And if you look at the following picture there's still another 90 yards to go to the end of the hall! Check out the picture from my room still looking to the end of the hall!!!
Skipping the boring details of work I found myself walking back passing the KA (pronounced "kah") Theatre here at the MGM Grand. I got hooked on Cirque about 9-10 years ago but hadn't attended a show under Le Grand Chapiteau until I went to see Quidam in Cincinnati about 5 years ago. Now the show at MGM has no such "big tent" but what is great about any Cirque show is how it transforms you as you walk into theatre. A couple years ago I read a very creative and very inspiring book called "The Spark". It was about a man who had felt his creative light fade. He stumbled into a Cirque show and upon meeting a woman who worked at Cirque took up her invite to see what Cirque was about. It's a great book and a pretty quick read. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Knowing the work that goes into the creation of a Cirque story, the absolute perfection of the artists, the phenominal imagination of the set and fashion designers, and the incredible engineers I know going in this show will be amazing. I sat at this show wide-eyed taking in everything I could. With my self-diagnosed ADHD I pick up quite a bit and wanted more. Dual stages that move in and out with one of the stages going vertical. The sounds... the elements... the sights... I felt like a little kid. Creative passion was once again racing through by body. If you think that Cirque shows aren't your style then it's going to be hard to convince you to go. But if you want to feel like a child again. If you want to sit wide-eyed in your chair you need to experience a Cirque show. I thought the Vegas shows were too commercial and that Cirque sold out for having so many shows but I was wrong. Go beyond that thinking and just fill your mind with how the story flows. How the artists perform. How the engineering of the sets happens seamlessly.
Next time you're in Vegas I would highly recommend KA. Next time you read about Cirque bringing Le Grand Chapiteau to a city near you. Go. Yeah it's pricey but you'll leave feeling so much different than you ever have after any other show.
See... these posts aren't always about golf. But I remind you the parallels of golf and life are similar. You get out what you put in and if you're not careful you may just come out a smile.
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