Sunday, during a season of graduations, has made the newsletter more random than usual.  The hooks are quick, the thoughts are broad, and it all comes back to starting out, embracing fears, expanding creativity, and shooting for the stars.

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An anonymous commencement address conclusion

It has been my honor and a blessing to be a part of your life over the past several years.  You are special and unique in ways that will continue to make you "you."  Embrace your Faith; it takes practice like anything else important to you.  In Faith - practice is the Goal!  Get up - try - get up again.  Always remember:

"You are never lost!"

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Synthetic and digital design continue to stretch boundaries and make us think of things that may be out in the deep abyss of space.  Ruslan Khasanov will take you there.

You don’t need a college education to know these numbers don’t add up.

In between Nine Inch Nail's debut album Pretty Hate Machine (89) and their infamous The Downward Spiral (94) was an “explainer” EP called Broken (92).  Pitchfork goes back in time and talks about the rage of Reznor, who could not fully comprehend his growing fame and the handcuffs he felt the industry was trying to impose on him.  Nine Inch Nails debut album followed the form of early Ministry albums with as much rhythm and melody as angst and power chords.  Broken removed some of the melodies and replaced them with more power.  When the dust settled, Reznor created Spiral and continued to grow as an artist.  Those of us who were there in the beginning remember the rage and the angst of early NIN; it was a good time for us; Reznor was good for us.

Wish.

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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

With A Shout newsletter is written by Johnny Christian with the support of a thousand idea bits and the help of many people.

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