re: The spark...where's the spark and what could it be?
1968.....A year full of bad news..but once in a while, magazines, newspapers (I didn't even have TV at that time), the radio would print or talk about the upcoming Apollo program...
There was talk about going to the Moon..something that no one ever did before....That was a tremendous spark, coupled with a very unusual movie which was more an experience than entertainment....2001!
No TV, nor videos, nor internet..just words , pictures and a good movie... were enough to trigger a passion.