Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Oh you sit there, looking over your great ideas, looking over your wonderful career plans, and you think about all the mistakes are likely to make and all the things will go wrong. Have wonderful ideas, creative ideas, wild ideas–yet, what if they fail?
You know how it goes. You know that fear.
Well my fellow progeek, that change for failure, for true disaster, is a wonderful testimony to your genius.
One of my favorites parts of the story of the Buddha is when, deep in meditation and approaching enlightenment, Mara, spirit of deception, who asks him simply:
“What gives you the right to do this?”
The Buddha then reached forth his hand, touched the earth, and the earth herself bore witness.
Being a geek, I assume you remember the time you discovered Mystery Science Theater 3000. If you're one of the poor souls that doesn't know what it is, it's a show where characters mock old movies, and at times obscure movies. These films get a new lease on life – and the show, in my opinion, increased interest in cheesy old films.
Of course before that there was the Golden Turkey Awards, which awarded various bad films awards for their "achievements." This book is one I credit with giving Plan 9 From Outer Space more prominence, though it certainly called attention to other films.
Many films in the above media, and in similar media like Late Night Movies and the like, are films that are at best weird, and at most very bad. Many would be considered outright failures, yet because of their very flaws, they get a kind of new life.