From our audiences: A list of everything brilliant

Thanks to the generous donation of Post-it® Super Sticky Notes from 3M, throughout our run of EVERY BRILLIANT THING we asked audience members to share their own brilliant things through a interactive installation in our lobby. From LEMURS to A BLT ON SOURDOUGH and everything in between, this wall has it all. Explore the list below!

Dogs
Field trips
A blanket fresh out of the dryer
When the volume is all the way up in the car to scream to the song
The first entrance on opening night
Black women
A butterfly floating lazily through the backyard
Forehead kisses
Reunions
A cocktail at 5:00
Beautiful hallways on your old college campus
Moms
Swimming
The feeling of freedom
The purpose of the universe is to keep me entertained
Saying “I don’t know” and being okay NOT knowing
God children
FUN EARRINGS!!!
When my dog yawns
Small Triumphs
Walk around the lake
Falling asleep to the sound of rain
LEMURS!
Feeling the sun on your body through the windows of your warm car on a beautiful winter’s day
Watching your favorite movie for the millionth time
The smell of my grandma’s perfume
YOU
My son’s laugh
“G” as in Gail Van Horn
Golden fall light shining through pink-orange-red leaves
Seeing my kids become friends in their teen/young adulthood
Spending time with your loved ones
Grand-children
Bernie Sanders
Brothers and sisters
When your dog licks you and you LOVE IT even though they have awful breath
Scottish accents
Petrichor – the smell of the ground/air after rain
The smell of pine needles in the sun
Feeling even when it’s hard
XX Skiing in a birch forest
Motorcycle rides on warm summer nights
The beach’s sand!
Bidets
Service of people is service to God
Cold air on my tongue on my way to class in the morning
Teachers that like to listen
The sound of crunchy leaves under me feet
DINA!
The sound of a Ferrari flat-12 engine
Breakfast food at dinnertime
Seeing who you are and seeing who you were. Noticing the growth, as well as the work ahead. And being GRATEFUL!
Stretching so hard you catch a cramp
GAL PALS
Photo shoots at golden hour
A scary movie that actually scares you!
LIVE THEATRE!
When there’s too many ripe bananas and you HAVE to make banana bread
My grade school friends!
Seeing the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile on the road!
Moon rise
Fresh home-grown tomatoes
My honey’s kiss
Making love outdoors in brilliant sunlight
When the sunset breaks the day’s sky full of gloom, illuminating the evening’s entry
Beer with Paul Kruse
Seeing bald eagles and hawks
My family
When your clothes smell like campfire
PROJECT SUCCESS
Reading a great book!
Warm chicken
Paddleboarding with my dog on a still lake next to loons
Grover the Muppet
Pine trees
An impromptu Sunday morning walk
Singing jazz
Running!
Warm hugs
The ocean!
Bees
Ability to see different cultures and places on this beautiful Earth
A vaccine for my sweet 10-year-old boy Miles
That feeling when you get your jacket returned to you that your aunt stole
Hearing a newborn baby scream
Arnie palmers
When nobody claps when the plane lands
Dancing to Miles Davis under the streetlights – Mrs. Patterson
Saxophones
A tree
Holding hands with another “old” person (love of my life!)
Italian greyhounds wearing snowsuits
Biking
Sharing a look with a close friend who’s thinking about the exact same thing as you
The world is a beautiful place. Be part of it and rejoice
ANIME
Tight hugs
Hanging with a friend, you need them to leave so you can take a nap, you don’t know how to say it, it’s fine, they catch your vibe and say “I gotta run, this was super fun!”
Trees! Look at ‘em all!
Knowing that suicide is not caused by a lack of imagination of nice things in life
LIVE THEATER
The smell of fresh sage
Ortt music
Bones days
Press-on nails
Learning how to knit
Smell of my dog’s feet
The moment when a choir sings perfectly in tune with each other
Photosynthesis
When you come home from a long day and your dog barks with joy (for 5 minutes) to see you!
Live theater
Rainy days by the fireplace
Opening your eyes underwater!
Meeting people in person whom you’ve only ever met on Zoom
When shoes make a fart noise when you walk
Pamela Espeland
A dog’s reaction when you return home
Any breakfast foods
Cats purring
When my 12-year-old brothers still call me “sissy”
Noticing the moon is full when you are driving home
People
Tea
Scratching me dog’s tummy
Spending time with my offspring
My cat
Waking up with a sore throat and having it disappear after a warm beverage
Fair winds and calm seas
Eating a fresh mango on a sunny day
Sunrise dates
Doodles
The uncontrollable wiggle of cosmos butt and tail every time I walk though a door, regardless of if it has been 5 minutes or 5 days
CHOCOLATE CHIPS!
Water (swimming)
Breathing deep long breath and slowly exhaling
Fall leaves and fresh air
Pollinator gardens
Pesto
Sweet kiss!
Good friends
Laughing so hard you cry
Open window while you sleep
My family and friend’s connection in life
When you hear the whispering guidance of your ancestors
Watching someone slip on the ice
REAL malt powder
The smell of baking cinnamon rolls
Diamonds
My new grandnephew born TODAY
When the radio plays a bunch of good songs in a row
Hugs!
The smell of food wafting through a house
CHOCOLATE!
Continuing self-discovery
Puppy breath
Cat on the lap
Warm sunshine
Cozy moments in bed
Discounts
Choose joy!
Finding your soulmate
To feel ALL the feelings
Snark
My car that never needs repair
Driving a convertible with the top down
A new born baby
Babies
Ginger babies
Being productive! (and feeling good about how much you achieved)
Family
Christmas trees
October days of 70 degrees
Fresh cut grass
Hugging a dear friend you haven’t seen in years!
Friends with DOGS
Homemade Halloween costumes
Friends
Dill Havarti
Accidentally touching Nanner’s butt
Moments
Hearts
Butterfly kisses
The smell of patchouli
Lady bugs and butterflies
Warm flannel sheets
Candles
Breakfast sandwiches yummy
Warm goat cheese
Being in nature with kids
When a new album shows up in the mail after you forgot you ordered it
Synesthesia
The first crack of thunder in a green lit sky, air smells of storms
Waking up before your alarm
Tiramisu
My girlfriend Mercedez
Sandals
The show EVERY BRILLIANT THING
The sound of rain on a cool fall night
Cooking with my wife
New car smell
The moment of learning when I am going to see Nick again
Thunderstorms
Midnight snacks!
8th grade history teachers
Realizing my puppy really is house trained
Playing four hand music at the piano!
PUMPKINS
BIRTHDAYS
SNEAK ATTACK!
Missing my Zahara
Friends
Mint
Jack’s lake
Holding a crying child and they stop crying and you feel MAGICAL
Scavenger hunts
Espresso shooters at Third Space
The font of the Walgreens sign
Neighbors who hand out KING SIZE candy during trick or treating!
CORNDOG
DOGS
Unconditional love from dogs
Bonfires
Staying up late just to talk
Fall’s brilliance
Hugs from my mom
Long hugs
Shooting stars
Going or walls with my dog before the city wakes up
Small children
Hummingbirds
Kraft macaroni and cheese
Lakeside coffee time
Going to life changing play
Fall colors and pumpkin spice
OLD FRIENDS!
Cheryl Nancy
Tea parties!
Mocha Jo
Health care workers
Seafood
Living to see my dreams come true
Getting to sit in a theater again, watching your favorite play in a new city
Powdered blue velvet jackets
Beer
Grandchildren
Someone who makes you feel seen, heard, and understood
When you’re surprised by raindrops
When you get a great tip!
The smell of lilacs
Watching your children come into their personality/being aught something new by your kiddos
Star gazing with your children
The smell of Grandpa’s garage and Grandma’s breath
Driving a manual transmission vehicle
Having a good hair day
The color pink
When you find the BIG DIPPER
Beautiful fall weather
Rice
Having someone who will always love me
Cooking breakfast for friends
Hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick
My compassionate daughter
The smell of freshly baked BREAD
Cozy rainy days
Anarchy
Fall colors
The Great Lakes
Knowing myself more than I did yesterday
The tight “bun” my puppy forms when taking a really good nap
Visiting a loved one’s grave, and getting to be the only person in the graveyard, sharing a quiet moment alone with them.
A juicy peach
Walks with a friend
Going home with family
Candles that smell like cinnamon
THE PERFECT cup of coffee
Going to the Jungle Theater
A return to the theater!
Being at the (this) theatre again
Listening to stories in the start
Returning to reality after a really great book
My students who show up every day with COURAGE
Fuzzy socks
Dog kisses in the morning
EMOTIONS
Stuffie
Purple unicorns
Sleeping in
Believing in your guardian angels
Standing at the edge of the ocean
The soft purr of your child breathing next to you while he sleeps
Playing in the leaves
Watching the sunset
Believing in magic
Ehtrud
Your own child’s laughter
First snow!
Sunset
My dog. Walking me up to a 10 point buck and young buck and we (all 4 of us) just took each other in
Filling my baby brother’s diaper with sand from the sandbox so he wouldn’t run away when it was my turn to walk him
HBO’s Succession
Sunsets over the Franklin Bridge
Sunshowers when it’s sunny and raining at the same time
Coffee as the sun comes up!
Cats
Cuddling with a cat
Petting a tiny dog
National parks
GREAT VIEWS!
Friendships that last for years
DOG CUDDLES!
LOOSE FITTING JEANS
Sunsets that look like rainbows
Getting greeted by a pet when you get home
Stevie Wonder
LOVE
Wine
Drinking a beer in the bathtub
The way a friend smiles when they see you
Doggi
Judy Garland
Making music
Henry
Foot rubs
Kiera Carniav Ludwigson
A BLT on sourdough
Starb’s chai tea latte
YARN
Fresh basil
Hot tubbing when it’s really cold out
My purring kitty
A warm car on a cold dark winter morning
Kittens
Dancing to blues
Dancing in the street
Dancing in your underwear
Big windows
Cats in turkey
Stars!!!
Wearing elastic waistbands ALL THE TIME
Cooking for a house full of guests
Playing pretend with kids
Finding people that you want to live with in college
Bucky W
Dogs
Francesca
Lake sunsets
Cookies with EXTRA chocolate chips!!
Boulder bros
Singing your favorite song!
Going to the bathroom after holding it in
Finding a bathroom when you really need one
Seeing someone else smile
Roommates who are much cleaner than you
Still being friends with the most thoughtful human you’ve ever known
Fresh fallen snow in the city at night
A dog you don’t know licking your hand
The smell the lavender
Free will
Free Willy
Pollinators
“Yes, we’ll take the dessert menu.”
Hearing my kids laugh
Face moisturizer
Bunnies
HAVING A SISTER THAT’S AN ABSOLUTE STAR! (JOY DOLO)
A good night’s sleep
Dirty martini
Drinking a glass of wine in the bathtub
A loon’s red eyes
Adam Driver
The warmth of an animal beside you
THE BEATLES
Quiet children
Theater dates with the girls
Hugs
Birds
Hugging my dogs!
Acting like you are happy even when you’re NOT
How everyone has their own laugh
The beach
Cold swimming
AMAZING friends who get the through the day
THE OCEAN
The sound of the wind thru bare branches
Bracelets made by my kids and worn to the theater
Smiling after a good cry
French fries
Spotify
My lovely wife
Seeing JuCoby performing in this amazing one-man show!!!
Friends that you can make fun of
People holding the door for you when you don’t expect it!
Finally being able to pee after holding it for a long time
Juan Garcia
Cardigans!
Liz Johnson
Waking up but there’s still more time to sleep
Watching my grandchildren play
Spikey fish doodle
Stephen Sondheim
FRIENDS
Newsies
Naps in the sun with my family
Cozy blankets
Love, kindness and acceptance
Waking up to the snuggles of my 2 year old, beautiful boy
Kitty in a box
Farmers market mornings
CHEESECAKE!!
Makeshift baseball fields
Psychedelics
Pugs
Warm chai to warm you up
Foster kittens
Walking around the house naked
US!
SWEATER WEATHER
Rain against a sunroof
Knitting
Happy dogs!
A glass of wine on the porch!
Lunch naps
RICE
A cat’s purr
Making friends with your massage therapist on day 1!
Chosen family! 100!
Unicorns
Being kissed for the first time in a long time
Spaghetti
Chocolate
The number 33
Impromptu visits with family or friends
The color green
Crunchy leaves underfoot
My large Sicilian family!
These 2 horns weekly!!
Spending time with family
My sister!
Cat huffing
Halloween candy
Friends and chix tenders
Dogs
Being able to legally marry the love of my life
The smell of a theatre
That feeling after an action movie when you feel invincible!
Sunsets
Laughing until your belly hurts with friends
When your best friend gets engaged!
Laughing with my best friend
Exercise 2 hours everyday
David Lynch
My book group
Authenticity
GRANDMAS DANCING
Laughter
My students
Resilience
24 hours past-antibiotics
Cinnamon spiced applesauce
Cold day, wrapped in a blanket, sitting in the sun, coffee to warm you up
SIDE HATCHES!
Trees
Action figures hanging from remote-controlled helicopters
The Beatles
Believing in yourself again
The first snow
Pumpkin pie
That people are inherently good in this world
Stretching in water
When your dog licks your feet and you jump 15 feet in the air
Wind in the trees
My son Jesse
Fresh popcorn with melted butter
Sleeping in the positive spot
Kindness of strangers
SEX!
Seeing live theater after 18 months of quarantine
Dim Sum
Laughing until you pee (a little)
Artists
Cozy jambos
Back rubs
YOU! (yes you, reading this)
Waking up knowing you fell asleep in the arms of the person you love
Scarves knit by your best friend
The way a new book’s spine bends when it opens
Chocolate in your nightstand to eat before bed!
Fridays
When someone instantly recognizes your costumes
The space between music notes
AWE
Celebrating my birthday with loving family and friends!
Warm feet
Putting on your glasses in the morning
Sunshine
Seeing a “Brilliant Thing” at the Jungle Theater with friends
Playing with little kids
Central heating
Green leaves against a blue sky
Going to sleep at night…waking up in the morning
The sound of digging through a bag
Having that one unexpectedly amazing breakfast
Loving sons
Petrichor
Keep doing new stuff!
Heart
Seeing this play with my son
Having heart to heart conversations with my kids!
Healing, finally
Crocuses
Ur mom
Powdered milk
The warmth of the sun on a cold day
Mojo kickball!
Drawing the 4 foot
Walking in the woods next to the river
Laughing with your friends about nothing
Coffee
FaceIt Foundation - dedicated to helping men with depression
Fall
New Hampshire
Hawaiian shirts!
The beauty of nature
Long train rides with a good book!
A perfect zipper merge
My husband!
24 hours with the people I love
Singing in a chorus
A large McDonald’s Diet Coke
Hysterical laugher with my many loved ones!
Living room picnics
Feeding the birds
The over 200 kinds of birds in Minnesota!
Warmth of SUNSHINE
Handing out candy during trick-or-treating
Keefer Court’s pork buns!
When you *just* make it to the bathroom
When something you smell makes you remember something good
When you get home late at night and your pets blink sleepily at you
STEAM ROLLS!
Live music
Fresh strawberries baking in the sun!
Saying the same thing at the same time as someone else
FRESH PEACHES in the perfect time of their season
Getting cast in the snow
The surf on the shore of the Great Lakes
My brilliant, beautiful, funny, dazzling sister!
Mushrooms! Not to eat, just their existence
Naps
Rain
Candles that smell like a memory
You are brilliant – thank you from my heart!