Acknowledgments

SOL LUCKMAN

[Excerpted from the acclaimed comic novel, currently available for free download, BEGINNER’S LUKE.]

First, I would like to thank my dear mother for her intense labor of love in delivering yours truly safe and sound into the world. I apologize for the pain I caused you, mother, on my rather late arrival. As you know better than anyone, I’m a slow learner—always running behind.

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I would also like to thank my father for sparing his precious seed to co-create me. Let me take this opportunity to remind you, father, you still owe me for the not inconsiderable pleasure I afforded you on the glorious occasion of my conception. I’m prepared to accept cash, credit card, personal check, travelers cheque, money order, gold bullion, real estate or a sizable inheritance.

I would also like to thank the Academy. You guys don’t know me, but I think you’re really great. Keep up the good work!

Next, I would like to extend a special expression of gratitude to all my family, friends, lovers, teachers, employers and coworkers who one way or another, overtly or covertly, through thick and thin, encouraged me to keep writing this imaginary life. There aren’t many of you, which makes my appreciation all the greater.

I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize all my family, friends, lovers, teachers, employers and coworkers who one way or another, overtly or covertly, through thick and thin, attempted to derail my creative aspirations and mire me in the quotidian mediocrity to which you—you know who you are—have become hopelessly inured. There are a lot of you, more than I could count, which makes this, the Moment of penning my Acknowledgments, all the more satisfying.

Finally, I must say a word about the places where substantial parts of this work (play?) were composed. I mean specifically the Cafés of the World where I’ve whiled away so much of my time (and yours!) in the vain but amusing pursuit of capturing an ineffable existence: mine.

If I learned anything writing BEGINNER’S LUKE, it was that contrary to myth, heaven is filled with cool little cafés with Leonard Cohen over hidden speakers, groovy abstract expressionist art on the walls and superior Java from obscure South American countries. I was born to sit out on the terrasses of such glorious establishments of leisure on such splendid afternoons, chain-sipping specialty caffeinated beverages while daydreaming impossible episodes in impossible places—

Excuse me, my cappuccino just arrived. I can’t tell you how thankful I am. I’d like to acknowledge this cappuccino. I sweeten it liberally with three sparkling sugar cubes, stir the tan frothing brew with the tiny silver spoon, hoist the cup with trembling anticipation to my lips and, smelling Italy, visions of panforte and biscotti dancing in my head, take a sip.

Ecstasy! The simple act of sitting here sipping this cappuccino is its own testament to my commitment to living the writer’s life. Which is to say: doing nothing but doing it exceedingly well. I’m so thankful for this ability that has taken me an entire imaginary lifetime to perfect.

I’m also thankful for the fine pair of legs strutting by just now on the sidewalk. You have to feel good knowing there are thighs like that in the world. A toast to the miniskirt’s inventor!

I raise my eyes and lock gazes with the proud owner of these exquisite limbs—and it’s almost like making love in this instant. The passion, though invisible, is nearly palpable beneath her stoic façade and my whole body tingles with glimpses of erotic encounters that could theoretically, but will probably never, occur.

There—it just happened again, with another set of eyes: the riveting glance, oxymoronic perhaps but with a rush like spontaneous combustion, then the looking away and the tragic vanishing forever. How I adore you, whoever you are!

By way of closing these Acknowledgments, I shall paraphrase one of my personal heroes, the great flâneur Baudelaire:

O you I could have loved!
O you who knew it!
O we who blew it!

Copyright © 2012 by Sol Luckman. All Rights Reserved.

[Sol Luckman is a prolific visual artist and critically acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction. His numerous books include the international bestselling CONSCIOUS HEALING: BOOK ONE ON THE REGENETICS METHOD and POTENTIATE YOUR DNA: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HEALING & TRANSFORMATION WITH THE REGENETICS METHOD. Sol is also author of the BEGINNER’S LUKE Series of comic novels that hilariously foreground the role of imagination in creating our individual and collective reality. You can learn more about Sol’s nonfiction, fiction and art at www.CrowRising.com.]
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“BEGINNER’S LUKE is a welcome start to what promises to be a mind-bending journey through the mind of the ultimate iconoclast.” —Apex Reviews

“A modern-day ALICE IN WONDERLAND, where anything can come alive when you start with a blank page … [Luckman] shows the reader that as individuals, we, too, have choices and potentials. There are no boundaries or rules to limit us.” —Reader Views

“BEGINNER’S LUKE is a truly an experience that cannot adequately be described except to say that it is extraordinary and grabs one from the first word of the first chapter and never lets one go. Definitely a spiritual journey that you do not want to put down.” —Niama Williams, Ph.D.

“Sol Luckman’s writing makes BEGINNER’S LUKE a rewarding romp from start to finish. This is the sort of book that could easily have self-destructed in a lesser author’s hands, but Luckman makes it sing.” —Burt Kempner, Sarasota, Florida

“The self-seeking Adventure of Luke, a man groping his way around the confusingly metaphorical ‘New Age,’ is, in a way, the story of every enlightened soul finding their way around these confounding metaphysical times.” —Yael Lewis, Tel Aviv, Israel

“BEGINNER’S LUKE is an inspirational and darkly fun novel that is a ‘cannot put down’ book and definite movie material. I loved every minute of it.” —Robynn Bridgett, Cape Town, South Africa

“Luke’s story has a mighty moral: we’re making it all up! Our imagination is both seed and soil, water and sun. It’s how we cultivate our circumstances and fashion our future. Luke takes us on a tour of time and quaintly confuses the quantity and quality of something we’ve all come to take for granted, the timeline that creates cause and effect.” —Roseann Gabrys, Wyandotte, Michigan

“Some theories say we only use a small portion of our minds, that we have come as far (or as short) as we have while utilizing a relatively tiny amount of our intellect. If this is true, what could possibly be a catalyst to inspire further use of our untapped potential? One possible avenue for further expansion is the melding of what we perceive to be ‘real’ or ‘truthful’ and what we perceive to be ‘fantasy’ or ‘fallacy.’ BEGINNER’S LUKE weaves these two poles together to help the reader see the cage of conformity that we all, to some degree, dwell in.” —M. E. Bradley, Grand Rapids, Michigan

“Provocatively rich with vivid characters and descriptive emotion, BEGINNER’S LUKE is a flavorful page-turner that not only satisfies the hunger for poetic intellectual stimulation, but also introspective humor.” —Michelle Lawrence, Tempe, Arizona

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BEGINNER'S LUKE IV: From New Age to Stone Age

“A modern-day ALICE IN WONDERLAND.” —Reader Views

“A mind-bending journey through the mind of the ultimate iconoclast.” —Apex Reviews

“Definitely a spiritual journey that you do not want to put down.” —Niama Williams, Ph.D.

From the acclaimed novel series BEGINNER’S LUKE, by bestselling author Sol Luckman, this short cinematic adaptation from the Adventure of an imaginary lifetime is like eating a birthday cake laced with acid. You think it’s just cake—but then your mind is altered!

Luke’s signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious, and life-changing, point: CONSCIOUSNESS CREATES. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination—for only through it can we reinvent our ourselves and our world.

Visit the official BEGINNER’S LUKE website at www.beginnersluke.com.


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BEGINNER'S LUKE III: Herbal Delight

“A modern-day ALICE IN WONDERLAND.” —Reader Views

“A mind-bending journey through the mind of the ultimate iconoclast.” —Apex Reviews

“Definitely a spiritual journey that you do not want to put down.” —Niama Williams, Ph.D.

From the acclaimed novel series BEGINNER’S LUKE, by bestselling author Sol Luckman, this short cinematic adaptation from the Adventure of an imaginary lifetime is like eating a birthday cake laced with acid. You think it’s just cake—but then your mind is altered!

Luke’s signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious, and life-changing, point: CONSCIOUSNESS CREATES. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination—for only through it can we reinvent our ourselves and our world.

Visit the official BEGINNER’S LUKE website at www.beginnersluke.com.

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BEGINNER'S LUKE II: Perver City

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“A modern-day ALICE IN WONDERLAND.” —Reader Views

“A mind-bending journey through the mind of the ultimate iconoclast.” —Apex Reviews

“Definitely a spiritual journey that you do not want to put down.” —Niama Williams, Ph.D.

From the acclaimed novel series BEGINNER’S LUKE, by bestselling author Sol Luckman, this short cinematic adaptation from the Adventure of an imaginary lifetime is like eating a birthday cake laced with acid. You think it’s just cake—but then your mind is altered!

Luke’s signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious, and life-changing, point: CONSCIOUSNESS CREATES. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination—for only through it can we reinvent our ourselves and our world.

Visit the official BEGINNER’S LUKE website at www.beginnersluke.com.

 

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BEGINNER'S LUKE I: New Age City

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“A modern-day ALICE IN WONDERLAND.” —Reader Views

“A mind-bending journey through the mind of the ultimate iconoclast.” —Apex Reviews

“Definitely a spiritual journey that you do not want to put down.” —Niama Williams, Ph.D.

From the acclaimed novel series BEGINNER’S LUKE, by bestselling author Sol Luckman, this short cinematic adaptation from the Adventure of an imaginary lifetime is like eating a birthday cake laced with acid. You think it’s just cake—but then your mind is altered!

Luke’s signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious, and life-changing, point: CONSCIOUSNESS CREATES. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination—for only through it can we reinvent our ourselves and our world.

Visit the official BEGINNER’S LUKE website at www.beginnersluke.com.

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