Leapy Lee's original name was Graham Pulleyblank and we can understand why he went with Leapy. In 1968 my radio kept playing Leapy's song (penned by the prodigious Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood) 'Little Arrows'. The tune, like an arrow, can get stuck in your head.
Recently I watched the excellent SBS series Who Do You Think You Are and saw the Australian episode on (also excellent) singer/musician/activist John Butler. John used the example of archery to consider what the journey back into his family tree had done for him. He noted he was quite future oriented with his arrow pointing to where it should go but that the arrow flies better and further when you pull the string of the bow back behind you. Going back helps you go forward better. A beautiful way of seeing the world.
In many ways my radio pieces and the 40 pieces that make up the first Thinking Caps book are little arrows that pull back in order to go forward. Some are reminders of a world we used to know and some of these reminders may help us go forward in a better way. Little arrows of magic that help us to leap(y).
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