KIM MICHAEL

The World's Greatest "Real Life" Sorcerer



       By Kim Michael 
          Copyright April 2015

Retlaw Yensid was born to emigrant parents in a suburb of Chicago at the outset of the great depression.  In the first years following his birth his family moved to Kansas where he grew up.  To most people that knew him, young Retlaw appeared to be no different than any other kid, and like many of the boys born before the great depression he dropped out of school early, not making it past his freshman year in high school.  

But what most people did not know, even his parents, was that young Retlaw was a real life Sorcerer.  Even as a child it was not long before his skills began to manifest themselves.  The power of his magic was in his amazing ability to envision his dreams so completely that he could will them into reality. 

He found that he had only to touch something for it to come to life.  In his presence animals were suddenly able to talk and sing and dance.  Worlds and other realms of reality opened their doors to him, and he saw both the past and future as easily as we see the present. 

And yet, of all his amazing powers, the most incredible was his ability to make whatever he envisioned possible for millions to see and experience, transporting them to far away places, beyond anything they could have ever imagined; a world and a reality in which anything was, and is, possible.

His magic knew no boundaries, no class or age distinction, and no matter how cynical the world became, his vision of who we are, and what we could be, always remained the same. 

He was great not because of his amazing powers, but by using his magic he taught us all to see the wonder that is in all things, and more importantly… the wonder in ourselves. 

Even after his death in 1962, Retlaw Yensid lives on and there are those (including me) who believe he will live forever. 

And though you may not recognize the name Retlaw Yensid which was the penname that he sometimes used, appearing in the credits of at least four movies, you probably would recognize his real name, which is actually his pen name… spelled backwards. 

Walter or “Walt” Disney.