The project helps give writers the time and peace to reconnect, to realise, and to create. There are no distractions except the thought that Kerouac was at this same house only a few decades ago – which might as well be yesterday, or right now – and was able to rediscover that brilliant candle within himself and light it up for everyone to see. And by doing so he illuminated the whole world, so we could all begin to take a genuine look at our real selves.

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You know he was here. You know what he created. You might even think you know him a little better through being here. But what you really come to know are his works, his words, and that they are exactly the same as yours – born from the same place within you and within a zillion others who share this starry world.

Above all, you come to know that you too can rise to meet your own essential destinations on this diamond-studded universal road.

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Some guests may never feel a tangible sense of Kerouac’s spirit within the house. Some may. But existing within all guests, however, in some night-time corner of who they are, there breathes the thought that Kerouac lived here. The simple thought that he created here. Connected with his magic and gave it to the world from here. From this small, ordinary, Orlando home.

And when place and space play such an important role in the creative process for human beings the world over, a more welcoming thought I could not hope to find. Because, after all, we all want to be inspired. We all want to be moved.