I had the occasion to sit in on an informative seminar dealing with the topic of social media and its potential for facilitating the marketing of books and business. Debbie Elicksen did a great job of delivering the material in her down to earth style. While settling into the material, in walks Razor Rick Titan (Rick Bognar) to sit down beside me. Perhaps; if I was a fan of professional wrestling I would have recognized the fellow. While chatting briefly at the end of the session, Rick identified himself as a wrestler and given his polished style as exemplified in the cover of his book I immediately associated the Greco-Roman style of wrestling in which he must of partaken and shared that my brother had wrestled varsity at the University of Saskatchewan. Nope. Wrong. Well, this gentleman stood in the ring of WWE and entertained audiences in North America, Europe and Japan with a colorful career which Rick tempts us with in his dramatic portrayal of this fringe lifestyle in the book "Wrestling with Consciousness."
I was struck by rawness of this book. While exhibiting successes and disappointments during his time as a wrestler, Rick doesn't hold back in drawing inferences to human frailty as we all have come to know during our experiences through life. I was particularly drawn by an episode that describes a time of being in that athletic zone and I sense that Rick's new affinity toward meditation may partly stem from times where he found peace while amidst the theatre of barbarism. Indeed, he had much time for reflection on Japanese tour buses yet experiences were shaped by relationships formed, disbanded and renewed all the while executing a carefully choreographed depiction of violence with the aim of satisfying salivating audiences. Rick concludes his work with an eloquent outline of our society today in the context of someone who has moved radically in consciousness and spirit.
You too can pick up a copy of this riveting book.
Thinking of writing your own book - then talk to Debbie first.
