Art Can Be Engaged In The World

Last Night, I Had That Dream Again. I Dreamt I Had To Take A Test, In A Dairy Queen, On Another Planet.

I See And Write Things First As An Artist, Second As A Woman, And Third As A New Yorker. All Three Have Built-in Perspectives That Aren't Neutral.

I Just Sort Of Wish People Would Dance Differently. It Reminds Me Of Teenage Sex.

Literature Is The Safe And Traditional Vehicle Through Which We Learn About The World And Pass On Values From On Generation To The Next. Books Save Lives.

I Always Wonder When People Have Any Kind Of Spiritual And Meditative Practice Especially If It's One Designed In Part To Help Them Cope With Things That Seem Unmanageable And To Cope With Something Like Death, If They're Able To Maintain That Practice And Maintain The Equanimity At The Time Of Death Whether It's, You Know, That Person's Or That Person's Loved One.