About Eric
Meet Eric Gainer: Artist, Scribe and Blogtrepreneur.
Above all else, Eric is a family first man. In the throes of his first novel, he treats a 15 year+ communications career like he treats his Siamese cat; with lots of TLC. Nearing a career top he climbed down with a steadfast demeanor. Eric’s footing is now firmly planted on the ground.
He could very well be your next door neighbour, with one exception: He hears dead people. Yes you read that right. He doesn’t see them, he hears them. Might as well be upfront about these sort of things, remove the naysayers from the crowd.
The author/artist has a keen sense of humor about the afterlife, one he readily dismissed as he rushed through the first half of life. Leaving Toronto’s posh Ad Agency business many moons ago, Eric now roosts on the doorstep of courage and conviction in beautiful Belleville, ON. Eric writes to inspire with simplistic sensitivity, ripe with rhythm, wit, timing and curiosity. His tangible balance of “East meets West” gives a good prod and a poke to his writing, graphic design, and photography.
Who says you need to find yourself in the first half of your life anyway?
Eric hasn’t arrived, he is arriving and hopes to remain that way. Life isn’t about finding, its about searching, and never giving up the search. It’s about being comfortable in your skin. Not just the skin you arrived in, rather the second skin, the one we often waste much time in recognizing.
So, exactly how does he hear dead people?
Through listening with his heart, trusting what he can’t see or dismiss. It’s like getting just the right angle on a stone as you skim it across a lake. Eventually, it just comes to you. When you first do it, you wonder if it was just your effort keeping that stone floating above the water. Then you seem guided, you breath, you aim, connect and let the energy flow from your hand, then fire off that stone. There. The secret is out. To do that he found a good teacher (not a dead one) who helped him focus this ability. His letters, short stories and design work are primed with this healing gift.
A more profound version of the same:
To clarify, the author streams content from his wisdom guide, who constructs ideas into words, broken down into underlying themes and topics we all relate to. His guide has access to universal content that affects the path of not only the author himself, but primarily for the benefit of everyday people just like you; those who seek council NOT from a place of authority. Eric connects to you by living life just as you do, by serving others in a very humble fashion. (Did you notice how the writing style changed from this paragraph to the one above?) Good observation, now the naysayers have their proof!
Eric does things differently, no question.
No need beating around the bush. He tables the difference between thinking and knowing and express it freely. At this point therapy is well out of the question! A lifelong journey in friendship is the best therapy. Eric acknowledges friends are also guides who reveal the sacred everyday. Eric is not an armchair mystic. You know the type, they relish to dispense advice, never tasting a lick of it. Not so says Eric. He simply brings life to the forefront, one letter, one story at a time. Not rocket science. As the Backyard Mystic, Eric may be seen as an authority. He is not, and is careful to not to represent himself as such.