FROM ONE CREATIVE TO ANOTHER

I found this Wacom™ Intuos 4 editing tablet at the thrift store the other day. I spotted the box and figured it was empty, I mean what are the chances that I would randomly find a piece of tech that I actually want/need. I opened the box to discover that it was in fact complete and everything was included, most of it still even in the original plastic. Highly skeptical but equally optimistic, I decided to spend the $8 that it would cost for me to take it home and see if it would fire up once plugged in. After connecting it to my laptop and updating the driver, I noticed that it wouldn’t power up for more than three minutes. Luckily I’m tenacious and enjoy being resourceful so I plugged in a new cable and to my surprise, it worked perfectly. I got a practically brand new editing tablet for $8 and an old cable that I had laying around, but that wasn’t the best part.

When moving the box I noticed there was something taped to the bottom. A business card, an older style card that looked handmade and scotch-taped to the exterior. I looked closer and it was the card of a well known photographer. Someone who’s been making photographs since way before my time was using this tablet in their studio before deciding to donate it to a donation facility that eventually sorted and distributed it to a Goodwill™ that I just so happened to be at. I don’t say this enough, but when you begin to see how things in life line up, how the universe will give you little treasures to let you know you’re on the right path, you will begin to see that you can attract the things that you need or want. All it takes is a little bit of inner perspective to be able to spot things in the physical world. When you learn how to do this, you can make things happen and you become magnetic. 

-Danny