Ken Burns, RAW fan

 

Ken Burns. Creative Commons photo, source. 

Ken Burns,  the famous documentary filmmaker, is back in the news again for his new TV series about the Revolutionary War, which I have not seen yet, but want to. 

Something I did not know, until recently, is that Burns is a fan of Robert Anton Wilson and was an Illuminatus! fan back in the day. 

Rasa, who of course runs the day to day affairs Hilaritas Press and the RAW Trust for Christina Pearson, mentioned Burns in a recent email chain.

"Hampshire College, my alma mater, had a reunion in October, and while there I met up with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, one of the college's more famous alums. I gave him a copy of our RAW Memes book, and I just got back this nice letter," Rasa explains.

Burns wrote, in a letter dated Dec. 16, "Thank you for the gift. I have no idea how much Wilson's ideas have meant to me once I devoured the Illuminatus Trilogy in the 70s. Love,  love his thinking." The letter closes with some friendly remarks for Rasa.

One thing I have in common with Ken Burns (other than knowing Rasa) is that I like the RAW Memes book. I bought it right after it came out. Details at the Hilaritas  website.

Happy new year to everyone!