Work ... Is Redemption.

Sarah Palin Is A Great Example Of Someone That Just Stirs The Pot For The Sake Of The Attention. No Vision, No Critical Thinking, No Backup To Her Statements. Just To Incite Little Riots Everywhere And Capitalize Upon It Financially. To Me, She Is A Microcosm Of The Ultimate Cynicism In American Politics.

The Thing That Scares Me Most Is The Shift From Serving The People To Exercising Power And With It, This Attendant Narcissism. Sarah Palin Is A Great Example Of Someone That Just Stirs The Pot For The Sake Of The Attention.

If I Ignore My Work, I Start Having Anxiety Attacks.

Isn't That The Goal, As You Grow Older? That You Start Reclaiming Those Parts Of Yourself You Didn't Recognize Or Didn't Think Were There All Along? That's What Happened When I Made The River And The Thread Record.

I Couldn't Listen To Music With Lyrics For The First Few Months After The Brain Surgery, Because They Were Too Complex And Disturbing. So I Listened To A Lot Of Classical Music. I Didn't Really Want To Read, Either, So I Listened To Books On Tape Or Watched Movies. I Also Re-taught Myself All Of My Childhood Piano Pieces. It Helped Me Repair My Brain.