To Masseur Rick Owens

While the phrase “cult of personality” can sometimes carry a negative connotation in politics and social psychology, I would like to invoke its more radiant hermetic meaning — where magnetism, originality, and the creative force of individuality are destined to meet. My purpose in writing is to celebrate and introduce two native sons of Porterville, California both, who are both distinguished and extraordinary in their chosen disciplines as vocationalist — whose lives and oeuvre as works embody that rare quality of charisma which inspires others to say if you believe in your dreams, than your dreams will believe in you.

It is with this intention that I wish to introduce you to Porterville High School Coach Tim Vanni, a two-time Olympian and master of the combative

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