Korczak Ziolkowski. One sculptor with a pile of hand tools and $174 to his name, saw an Indian on a horse in a mountain and decided to dedicate his life to carving the image of Crazy Horse. Korczak and his family never took government money, only private funds, to continue to create the dream of carving the largest sculpture in the world.
I don't think Korczak had the words "I can't" in his vocabulary. The funds have come from visitors and donations. But early on Korczak and his family started a dairy with about 50 cows on the same land to help fund the project. Ah, good old fashioned American ingenuity. Find a way and if that doesn't work find another, and another.
Visiting Crazy Horse was maybe the most inspirational experiences of my life. The lesson is whatever your dream, no matter how nuts people think you are, you can get it even with only $174 to your name and a pile of small hand tools.
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