--- title: The Magic Hour | Cultural Torchbearer description: Cultural Torchbearer | --- [![The Magic Hour](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Magic%20Hour/TMH%20Logo%20Reversed.png?width=150&name=TMH%20Logo%20Reversed.png "The Magic Hour")](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour) > "The story of one person > is the story of everyone." > — Paulo Coelho ## [Being A Cultural Torchbearer | Episode 7 | Caroline Thomas](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/007-caroline-thomas) Posted by [Justin Bayer](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/author/justin-bayer) on May 18, 2017 at 7:49 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Caroline Thomas.jpeg](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/hubfs/Caroline%20Thomas.jpeg)](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/007-caroline-thomas) I met Caroline while waiting in line for coffee at Cherry Espresso uptown in New Orleans, just a few days before the major parades kicked off during Mardi Gras 2017. I had been chatting with some of the awesome Cherry staff, Ryan and Nikki, about the Jazz Fest lineup release. This is when Caroline, covered in paint, jumped into the conversation. I knew in that moment she must have been working on something amazing, and when I asked her about it, her answer was not what I had expected. “I paint Mardi Gras floats,” she casually responded. I was beyond stoked since I had never met a Mardi Gras float painter before, and I had a million questions I wanted to ask her. But I tempered my excitement and proceeded to ask a few basic questions about where she was from and how long she had been doing this amazing work. [Read Full Blog Post](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/007-caroline-thomas) [0 Comments](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/007-caroline-thomas#comments-listing) Topics: [Mardi Gras](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/topic/mardi-gras), [Cultural Torchbearer](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/topic/cultural-torchbearer), [Art as Connection](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/topic/art-as-connection) [All posts](https://blog.welcometocollege.com/themagichour/all) ## The Magic Hour The startup journey has taught us many lessons over the last seven years, including that nothing is more powerful than the importance of human connection. Connections, which can happen in a moment, influence critical decisions like where to attend college, what passions to pursue for a career, and what relationships to engage. 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