Do you believe in unicorns?
There is something powerful in the saying, “There are dreamers and there are doers”, especially when it comes to our slice of paradise – Hauraki Coromandel.
Surely we have all spent time around the dreamers: those who hold wholesome fantasies of making a difference or stamping their mark on the earth, while spending most of their actual time in what we might call the ‘concept phase’ – making lattes or surfing until the moment is right to act.
We have also seen the doers – those who are constantly making, creating, and crafting. Busy-bodies who produce such a prolific amount of stuff that you sometimes wonder if they ever relax, sleep or simply enjoy the presence of themselves, a Randy Newman lyric, or a Coromandel sunset.
I expect we have all had our own dreams in life, then re-evaluated them over the years into what has become our current path of fulfilment. Some of us along the coastline might be doers – the folk probably too busy to read this … so I guess I can say what I like about them … the busy-body poopyheads.
Reflecting back on three years of Coromind, it would be hard to argue that we haven’t stumbled upon a few of those ‘hybrid’ beings – the dreamers that do, or as I like to call them: unicorns.
Leo and Taylor are Coromind unicorns.
They had an opportunity to create the magazine. They thought long and hard about it. And once the idea got past conception, they dived into the role – expanding it, stretching it, and encompassing so much more than any other local magazine of its kind had ever dreamed of. Coromind is colourful, groovy, relevant, and tackles some tricky topics. The magazine is so stunning and sought-after that they can occasionally allow some less exciting editorials like this one onto the inside page of the front cover.
I’ve known Leo and Taylor for many years now, and although I’ve supported them every step of the way, I also had zero faith in them from the get-go. Altbays? Surely a flash in the pan. Coromind magazine? Absurd – they can’t even spell!!
Happily, I am the fool when it comes to the success they’ve had connecting people, art, culture, vowels, consonants, and fun.
I aspire to be a unicorn too. In my spare time, I teach, tutor, and help grow the next generation of well-rounded humans. Like them, I’ve established projects such as The Music Place Whitianga (music tutoring) and Mercury Bay Performing Arts (a not-for-profit children’s community theatre). I couldn’t have started these without the support of Leo and Taylor and the whole Coromind team – who have shown far more faith in me than I ever showed in them.
I’m honoured to be growing the good alongside these unicorns. And although, in reality, I may look more like a rhinoceros, I lean towards the theory that this is close enough.
Words by Fabian Roberts
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