First up, was a postcard and hand-drawn/written letter from Carroll Spinney. For those of you that are unaware, Mr. Spinney is the create force behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Seasame Street. I had the pleasure of meeting him a little over a year ago at a Hollywood Convention. He was perhaps one of the nicest guys I've ever met, and it was a real treat hearing his stories about 'the business'.
After meeting him, I sent a letter telling him what a pleasure it was to hear about his stories. After over a year, I finally received a reply back...from both him and Oscar! :) His letter was very inspirational and came at just the right moment. For the past few weeks, I've been running around like crazy working on 'Mouth to Mouth', and Mr. Spinney's words were so nice to hear as an extra boost of motivation to keep moving forward.
Here was the front of the hand-drawn, hand-written letter he wrote.
Inside, he talks about the difficulties of getting into the industry. He encouraged me to continue following my dreams, and to stay persistent. He also mentioned he ran into my blog and saw my work. He said that I seemed to be 'on the right track' and 'heading to a great career'. Wow. Pretty cool, coming from a guy I started watching as soon as I could watch a television.
Here was the postcard from Oscar:
I also received another postcard in the mail this week from Tyra (and friends) over at America's Next Top Model. It's exciting to receive these post cards because that means A) a new season is starting soon, and B) they enjoyed working with you enough to take some time to send you a postcard :) It's always a good feeling to know that hard work is paying off!
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