This is the story of my hat. It has been a great companion and it only deserves a good story told in keynote.

1. back in 2007...

2. While in France, I was looking
for a tent that would
accommodate me for three
days during a music festival.

3. In that festival...

4. In that festival...

5. In that festival...
In South Germany...

6. In that festival...
In South Germany...
For three days...

7. I went into the local store in
downtown Bordeaux.
Little did I know that I would find the
perfect tent.

8. A tent that opens up in 3 seconds...
...and closes down in 3 minutes.

9. I thought I had found evidence of God’s existence in a tent.

10. it meant that this tent would
take me to great places.*

11. it meant that this tent would
take me to great places.*
*And it did. Islands and camping trips and road trips and
festivals and poetry symposiums and theatre communes.

12. but I needed something*...

13. but I needed something*...
*something that would be my companion for
every trip, even when I didn’t need a tent.

14. And I found it in a hat.

15. A special
hat.

16. It has accompanied
me for all these years.

17. It has been seen on other people’s heads.

18. But most importantly...

19. It serves as a keeper of
memories.
An everyday object transformed through
incremental addition of experiences.

22. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.

23. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.

24. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.
There used to be a pin there,
but it was lost. It was from
the Cafe of The Happy Days,
which was named after
Beckett’s play. This Cafe is
located in Bordeaux.

25. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.
There used to be a pin there,
but it was lost. It was from
the Cafe of The Happy Days,
which was named after
Beckett’s play. This Cafe is
located in Bordeaux.

26. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.
There used to be a pin there,
but it was lost. It was from
the Cafe of The Happy Days,
which was named after
Beckett’s play. This Cafe is
located in Bordeaux.
When I was in Prague I paid tribute to
my favorite novelist. This pin has an
original sketch by Franz Kafka. It
automatically made its way on the hat.

27. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.
There used to be a pin there,
but it was lost. It was from
the Cafe of The Happy Days,
which was named after
Beckett’s play. This Cafe is
located in Bordeaux.
When I was in Prague I paid tribute to
my favorite novelist. This pin has an
original sketch by Franz Kafka. It
automatically made its way on the hat.

28. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.
There used to be a pin there,
but it was lost. It was from
the Cafe of The Happy Days,
which was named after
Beckett’s play. This Cafe is
located in Bordeaux.
When I was in Prague I paid tribute to
my favorite novelist. This pin has an
original sketch by Franz Kafka. It
automatically made its way on the hat.
I visited Maine last winter. Maine is where
the sun first rises in the United States. I like
visiting places situated in the extremes.

29. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.
There used to be a pin there,
but it was lost. It was from
the Cafe of The Happy Days,
which was named after
Beckett’s play. This Cafe is
located in Bordeaux.
When I was in Prague I paid tribute to
my favorite novelist. This pin has an
original sketch by Franz Kafka. It
automatically made its way on the hat.
I visited Maine last winter. Maine is where
the sun first rises in the United States. I like
visiting places situated in the extremes.

30. This pin was given to me
from my friend when he
came back from Norway.
There used to be a pin there,
but it was lost. It was from
the Cafe of The Happy Days,
which was named after
Beckett’s play. This Cafe is
located in Bordeaux.
When I was in Prague I paid tribute to
my favorite novelist. This pin has an
original sketch by Franz Kafka. It
automatically made its way on the hat.
This is a birthday gift.
I visited Maine last winter. Maine is where According to my
the sun first rises in the United States. I like friend, I look a lot alike
visiting places situated in the extremes. this character.

31. This hat is
nowhere near to
being full of pins.

32. Therefore, I live for the chances
that I can get a new pin.
Places to consider:
Patagonia
Siberia
India
South Korea
Cuba

33. Any suggestions?