On a long drive recently, I listened to Gene Wilder’s autobiography, Kiss Me Like A Stranger. He bounced around from topic to topic in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way. As part of this, he pointed out some of the strange connections that set his life in a certain direction.
If I hadn’t been miscast “in Mother Courage, I wouldn’t have met Anne Bancroft. If I hadn’t met Anne Bancroft, I wouldn’t have met Mel Brooks. If I hadn’t met Mel Brooks, I would probably be a patient in some neuropsychiatric hospital today, looking through the bars of a physical therapy window as I made wallets.”
Steve Harper calls this The Ripple Effect. And he’s looking for your Ripple stories.
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