Back To Life...Back To Reality

However Do You Want Me...However Do You Need Me?

I dunno about you, but I really needed that long holiday weekend.

Labor Day Weekend, for me, was all about doing no labor. For three full days, I gave myself permission to daydream, doodle, and drift. And with a little help from some tasty edibles, I also enjoyed a few epic naps…and vivid Technicolor dreams.

Over the long weekend, I noticed quite a few new subscribers joined. Welcome, new friends! Let me take a quick moment to reintroduce myself—and COLLIDE PRESS:

I’m Clint—a gay collector, creator, and curator of Art, Culture, History, Photos, and Video. I'm here and queer to celebrate. Not to hate or debate, dear. If you “color outside the lines” too, welcome to the crew, boo!

Now, a little housekeeping: Some have written me asking, “WTF is COLLIDE PRESS?” Fair question. Over the last few months, between my health stuff and moving, I know I have been preoccupied with a lot of “personal” updates. Thanks for rolling with me.

Life happens for us all, but I have been missing the simple joy of collecting, creating, and curating on a daily basis. So now that the summer chaos is finally in my rearview mirror, I’m ready to shift gears. Less me-me-me. More creativity!

I’m realigning, recommitting, and refocusing on the kind of work I love. Work that excites me and warms my heart. Work that connects me with all of you—my fellow creatives and dreamers.

Back to life. Back to reality. And hopefully back to a rhythm that makes me want to dance. I hope you dance too!

Thank you for being a friend…
Clint 🌈✌️

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ON THIS DAY = SEPTEMBER 2

BIRTHDAYS

• 1853 = Ferdinand Karsch (1853-1936) = German zoologist and sexologist 🌈

• 1894 = Bryher (1894-1983) = English novelist, poet, memoirist, and editor 🌈

• 1907 = Evelyn Hooker (1907-1996) = American psychologist 🌈

• 1911 = Romare Bearden = American painter and author

• 1911 = William F. Harrah = American businessman and Harrah's founder

• 1919 = Marge Champion = American actor, dancer, and choreographer

• 1923 = Ramón Valdés = Mexican actor and comedian

• 1929 = Hal Ashby = American actor and filmmaker

• 1932 = Arnold Greenberg = American businessman and Snapple co-founder

• 1938 = Jimmy Clanton = American singer-songwriter

• 1938 = Mary Jo Catlett = American actor and comedian

• 1943 = Rosalind Ashford = American singer

• 1946 = Billy Preston = American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor

• 1946 = Luis Ávalos = Cuban-American actor

• 1946 = Walt Simonson = American author and illustrator

• 1948 = Christa McAuliffe = American educator and astronaut

• 1948 = Terry Bradshaw = American football player, sportscaster, and actor

• 1950 = Harvey Levin = American tv producer, journalist, and lawyer 🌈

• 1951 = Mark Harmon = American actor and producer

• 1952 = Jimmy Connors = American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster

• 1956 = Elizabeth Birch = American attorney and activist 🌈

• 1964 = Keanu Reeves = Canadian actor, singer, and producer

• 1966 = Salma Hayek = Mexican-American actor, director, and producer

• 1971 = Katt Williams = American comedian and actor

• 1977 = Sam Rivers = American musician

EVENTS

• 1666 = The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.

• 1789 = The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.

• 1901 = VP Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

• 1912 = Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.

• 1963 = CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

• 2008 = Google launches its Google Chrome web browser.

• 2018 = A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• National Another Look Unlimited Day

• National Blueberry Popsicle Day

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PORTRAIT + QUOTE OF THE DAY

HAL ASHBY

“I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.”
Hal Ashby