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I'll just sing
this one last tune,

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and then, we'll shift gears
and get into the Q & A.

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And just to give a heads up
about how that's going to work,

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we've got some questions that we
asked Joshua and Aulton already

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ahead of time, and they've
prepared some answers for us.

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And then, we can
also, if we have time,

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take a couple questions from
the audience that they can

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answer on the fly for you all.

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But this song is called "Perfect
Imperfection" by Caden Rainey.

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And I'll just mention one time
that my organization that I

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co-founded with
poet Chris Martin

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is called Unrestricted Interest.

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And we do creative
writing, mentorship

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of all kinds for
neurodivergent writers,

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focusing in particular
on working with spellers,

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but working with autistic
writers, and writers

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of all kinds of
neurological difference.

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And if folks are interested
in learning more about that,

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we're at
unrestrictedinterest.com.

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And also, this
album, Silently Loud,

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will be available within
the next week or so

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on iTunes, and
Spotify, and YouTube,

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and all the regular outlets.

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So definitely keep an
eye out for that as well.

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And this is called
"Perfect Imperfection."

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(SINGING)Like a star
that falls from the sky,

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you may sometimes
change direction.

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The world is full of
perfect imperfection.

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And nobody is perfect.

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At least, that's
what people say.

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But I think we're all perfect
in our own special way.

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And like a rainbow
after the storm,

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sometimes, you just
need a new perspective.

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We can be transformed
by perfect imperfection.

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And nobody's perfect, at
least that's what people say.

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But I think we're all perfect
in our own special way.

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And like a man without a voice,
somehow, I made a connection.

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Now, I know I'm blessed by
my perfect imperfection.

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And nobody is perfect, at
least that's what people say.

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But I think we are perfect
in our own special way,

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in our own special way.

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Amen.

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[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]

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Thanks so much.

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