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Greg Correll

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Greg Correll

Location: New Paltz, New York, US
Birthday: September 21

Title: Founder, Chief of Deselopy (small packages); Editor (doesthismakesense.com)
Company: small packages, inc.

Bio: I write.

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MAY 23, 2012 1:37AM

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_{My friend Tobe Carey, an award-winning filmmaker (http://www.documentaryworld.com/),
recorded me reading "Found",
my piece about learning I had Parkinson's Disease.
Originally posted to Open Salon
(http://open.salon.com/blog/greg_correll/2012/01/18/found),
it has had over 4,600 views.
It was reprinted by Salon (http://www.salon.com/2012/01/21/parkinsons_diagnosis_open2012/).}

^{Behind me is a pastel I made,
of a pine tree above a lake in the northern rockies.}
^{I am currently unable to draw like this.
But I can dig manure and plant tender seedlings.}

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"But I can dig manure"

ME TOO!! ME TOO!! :D

Rated!!!!!

Tinkerertink69

May 23, 2012 05:34 AM

Normally, I don't plug my own posts, but this one is about a significant encounter I had with a monk and an artist with Parkinson's, living in residence in a Zen monastery: http://open.salon.com/blog/greenheron/2011/12/12/shimmy_shimmy

He thought he could no longer paint, then changed his mind, and made the best work of his life.

greenheron

May 23, 2012 07:19 AM

speechless thank you, friend r.

Jonathan Wolfman

May 23, 2012 07:34 AM

Epic.

Lea Lane

May 23, 2012 07:43 AM

I have no words right now, Greg.
None.
Just sitting here ...With you...Holding you ...

Little Kate

May 23, 2012 09:14 AM

Beautiful. Even more so in your voice.

jlsathre

May 23, 2012 09:41 AM

I too, cannot find my words.
Perhaps I wrote to you in the past...and it was not you at all.

Thank you for allowing us to see you and to hear your voice.
Overwhelmed.

Ande Bliss

May 23, 2012 11:27 AM

It's great to share your personhood in this way, Greg. It makes your words even more poignant than they were when I read this magnificent piece.

Lezlie

L in the Southeast

May 23, 2012 03:54 PM

When I first read your piece I was blown away by the power of the words; but hearing your voice & inflections, & seeing you read those words, makes real the words & shows clearly the power of sound & visuals & the way they enhance great writing! Intimate, emotional & memorable. A gift -- beautifully filmed, spoken, lived, shared.

suzie

May 23, 2012 03:58 PM

A marvelous reading! In one sitting, with no stutter or spasms, with great feeling and delivery and presence - Greg, you outperform anyone I know, Parkinson's aside. And you look pretty hot too! Yep, the light shines in you. Bright and beautiful. I loved this.