Arroe Unplugged Page Two Thousand Three Hundred Fourty Nine Lyrics From Ernies Forest

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Creativity is an addiction, unplugged because we will always say
yes to creativity, totally uncut because we all make mistakes.
So let's turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged.
Ernie is a Blue Crown conyer. For over thirty years,
he's overlooked this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina.
Every day, Ernie sits in his beautiful home, overlooking the trees,

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the nearby lake, and every bit of the wildlife. Strolling
through such an amazing piece filled with peace from Mother Earth.
Ernie and I share the same vision this forest. We
both look into the trees and study the earth below.
There's something very spiritual out there. The lyrics to Ernie's Forest,
we both receive an amazing amount of energy. I put

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all my trust and skills as a student into what
he is willing to share with me. These aren't my words,
these are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest, chapter number three
hundred ninety nine. Kind of a strange twist on this one,
only because this particular page November twenty fifth, two twenty
twenty three identifies a change in the origin of this

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weekly story. Today on this date, March twelve, twenty twenty five,
the show is going through yet another name change. It'll
explain itself right here with great concern in my heart
and reason to keep believing in a universal empowerment. I
do believe that, after many weeks of thought, that the
lyrics to Billy's Forest will quietly become one of those

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expressions that felt so right, but it didn't dance with
the music truly being played. I first entered this book
writing about the forest on April twenty fourth, twenty nineteen.
The book was originally meant to document my brother Teddy's life,
but my heart was called into a different direction. Although
I had not written at the Billy Graham Library since
twenty sixteen, three years before this book, I felt the

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origin of inspiration would be preserved by keeping the name
going with great struggle the more I read the entries.
It had nothing to do with the trees at the
billygram Library. In reality, I only spend eighteen months there,
whereas the much larger picture shows I've been in this
forest seven years strong. The lyrics from Billy's Forest that

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was the first chapter. The second chapter was the lyrics
from Rainbow Forest, which is the name of this forest.
But on this episode, we're changing the name one more
time the lyrics from Ernie's Forest. The reason being, for
thirty years plus Ernie has overlooked this forest, and the

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things that we feel together is a connection that is
so universal. Ernie will feel things in this forest, He
sees things in this forest. He tells me what's on
the move and what's not on the move. Every day
he overlooks this beautiful forest, which is the reason why
we're having a name change. The lyrics from Ernie's Forest.

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These aren't my words, they are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest.