September 10, 2013

Hi everybody. Welcome to another week in Paradise. I said that a little sarcastically. A girl stopped by here at my parent's house and did a portrait of me in pencil form. It was pretty cool. She was another traumatic brain injury survivor. You would never know she used to have traumatic brain injury. The only symptoms are 1. Noise - she can't handle too much noise, and 2. she can't handle too much stimulus. I thought, what a great excuse to not deal with Ex's. Anyway, the results of her drawings are pretty cool. Two of my friends put on a great party this week. It was a good party. I saw some people that I haven't seen in like five years! Hey, guess what! We reached our goal - our budget for the trip! Isn't that cool. We can actually go now. You know I used to fund my projects by doing commercial work, but since I don't do that now I have to rely on grants or other people to help out. I just want to say thanks to everybody.

Going back to the party, it was a wrap up party for the Indiegogo fundraising campaign. Those two women organized the party and did a great job. They know who they are, and I thank them again.

Not much else to report. I did some more swimming this week and everyone remarks I'm getting better and better. It's slow, but it's working. I'll keep this blog short like I promised. I'll keep you guys updated next week.

Love, B. Nice

More Hurdles to Jump, More Opportunity to Explore and Join the Journey

First The My Point of View Project team and Brian would like to thank all those who helped make the first round of fund raising reach the Goal on Indeigogo of $49,000. This has been an amazing journey already, having all those dreamers coming forward , putting the project on the road. This is just the beginning of this journey and there is still room for more contributions to help support the return portion of road trip and production of the book, documentary , and gallery exhibits. This is an ongoing project that will continue to be filled with opportunity to share your dreams and be part of the unknown trip. Follow the project on Twitter twitter.com/TheBNiceProject

Here are another couple ways you can share and donate.

You can make a secure online donation that is TAX EXEMPT at our new fundraising page: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=9058 Or Checks can be made out to Nice Art, LLC, and mailed to Nice Art, LLC 73 Indian Brook Rd. Garrison, NY 10524 Thank you everyone and keep on Dreaming the journey into life.

New York Wrap Party for My Point of View Indeigogo

Beautiful Night, Beautiful People, and Beautiful Life To view party click link below https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.574378605931714.1073741839.540450075991234&type=1

Mark Your Calendars

Mark your calendars, this is coming up. Come help celebrate inspiration and no limitations. Keep the energy going, its really not a wrap party, its the door to the next part of the journey. Share with your friends. The indeigogo portion is still going, it hit over $30,000 today! Can not wait to see what you dreamers can do next. CM

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Summer Trees

Hi everybody. Just a reminder, this blog will be about the present and the future. Specifically, about the future of our trip coming up - and then, the present of the trip!

I met with Adam, who is one of our filmmakers, and Erin. She is our producer. They are amazing. You know, it's funny. You put things out there, and they will happen. For example, I was thinking, "I need a good producer for this trip," and Erin showed up! I was thinking, "I need another good cinematographer," and Adam showed up! And BONUS! They're married! So you see, just put things out there like wishes, and your wishes will come true (except for the lottery...).

I must say, this week has been fairly tough. I mean, it's tough enough putting a job together like this trip, but putting this trip together when you are disabled is really difficult. Luckily I have a good team. They know when to say, "Brian, sit down and shut up. You're fading." Adam, our filmmaker, had a good idea with all the drawings I've been doing for three years. I'm looking forward to the result.

Our fundraising on Indiegogo has been going great. All in all, it seems to be falling into place. I'm gonna change the trip a little bit. I'm gonna hit every Irish bar I can. A friend of mine at the rehabilitation place said I'll never make it out of the first bar. Just kidding.

Anyway, lots of little things need to be done, like, getting the car ready, etc. Oh, one other really great thing that happened was I'm going to be interviewed by the New York Times. That's good PR. And my friend is head of CNN Financial. He's going to help out as well, so things are looking up.

I'll keep this one short. I'll talk to you guys next week. Love, B. Nice