Originally Posted by Gary E. Andrews
What did I miss ONOFFON? You're not going to do your documentary, your museum? Don't let already-been-done stop you. This is yours, your opportunity to tell your Dad's story, and the bigger stories of life and jazz, your way, from your unique perspective, cutting it together in a new way, carrying it forward so someday, maybe your son, your grandson's grandson, can find it and redo it and carry it forward again. It's bigger than anything that's been done before. It's all that came before plus what's been done since, and passing it all through that one-of-a-kind filter, you.


Thanks Gary - I love your passion and support!!!!

No - I'm NOT giving up on my destiny!

I just had to report that the Guggenheim passed on me. Big deal - their loss...

They now become merely one of 167 foundations who have chosen not to support me, out of 403 proposals I have sent.

That leaves 236 I'm still waiting to hear from while I continue to send out more. And I still have the support of the New York Foundation for the Arts - that's significant in of itself.

Every time I get turned down, it just furthers my resolve to succeed!

The documentary will be first and that will bring the museum to public consciousness. Step by step...

Thanks again Gary!