The White Helmet
ebook ∣ And all the boys in the yellow, green, red and blue helmets
By craig lock
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THE WHITE HELMET
And all the boys in the yellow, green and red and blue helmets
The White Helmet: And all the boys in the yellow, green, red and blue helmets (The Coloured Helmets (Red, White Yellow, Green and Blue)
"Grand Prix racing is primarily a mental contest... it's a battle of strength of wills by the combatants and a magnificent contest, the arena to display and share unique gifts and talents. Perhaps in this 'theatre of speed', F1 is a metaphor for life itself."
- craig
A book on my great passion, motor racing. Or maybe a story or stories essentially of family, loyalty, redemption, hope, faith and love (some central themes) ....but we'll see where it all leads. Also perhaps even a true story...or a number of stories!
"The driver is expected to explore the inner places of his desire by taking everything to this limit...to translate it into a sublime peak only he can reach; but the trouble is they're all doing it.... on a narrow ribbon of track, together."
- fine writing by Christopher Hilton in his fascinating book 'Inside the Mind of a Grand Prix Driver (by Hilton (Haynes Publishing 2003)
WARNING! This book is going to be very different and will NOT be all about motor racing It's a story of finding and following our dreams
We'll just see what else flows and where the journey leads (as I write)
Am Just starting writing and will post extracts and upload AS I write.
Craig 27thh Nov 2011.
Here's a start...
"I want to write the way Gilles Villeneuve drove and power-slid his blood-red Formula One Ferrari... with wild enthusiasm and a sense of abandonment, combined with the artists craft of a Stirling Moss, a Jim Clark, and especially that of the great Ayrton Senna, living on the razor-blade edge of life."
for dearest mom and dad, your spirits lives on (forever)
thanks for all the support, encouragement and especially love
craig
"Man is a great wall builder
The Berlin Wall
The Wailing Wall of Jerusalem
But the wall most impregnable
Has a moat
flowing with fright
around his heart
A wall without windows for the spirit to breeze through
without a door for love to walk in."
- OSWALD MTSHALI, Soweto (South African) poet
from 'My Traitor's Heart' by Rian Malan (published by Vintage 1990)
"It is a celebration of a man's unique vision – a vision that reaches out and shines, touching with magic the drama of life across all its limitless horizons."
"The characters seem to represent the virtues and the
resilience of the little people, a story (or stories) to which we can all
relate. In essence it's about hope and faith: a tale (and tales) of the
unquenchable spirit of tenacity in battling on, no matter what are our
circumstances. And then eventually finding a way, a pathway to overcome
personal adversity and to ultimately succeed in glorious triumph."
- anon
Now that's some very inspiring words (and hopeful "reviews") to aim at in my "little work"... to test the very limits of my creative imagination.
Eureka. I just had another idea. I'll write two or three books at once...and see where they may lead.
'The Yellow Helmet (the Boy in the Yellow Helmet)' is "opening soon"... and the curtain will fall down
That's a metaphor, btw!
PPS
"Schumachers 2010 return shows the dream still burns - but the rest of us 'losers' should take heart. The key here is the dream, rather than its realisation. It may...