Loss Means Losing What Was.

Yes, We Worship The Idea Of The "self-made Man" - Otherwise We'd Go On Strike Against Bill Gates Having All That Money! We Worship That Idea.

The Self Divided Is Precisely Where The Self Is Authentically Located. . . We All Have Identity Crises Because A Single Identity Is A Delusion Of The Monotheistic Mind. . . Authenticity Is In The Illusion, Playing It, Seeing Through It From Within As We Play It, Like An Actor Who Sees Through His Mask And Can Only See In This Way.

If There Were A God Of New York, It Would Be The Greek's Hermes, The Roman's Mercury. He Embodies New York Qualities: The Quick Exchange, The Fastness Of Language And Style, Craftiness, The Mixing Of People And Crossing Of Borders, Imagination.

Aptitude Can Show Calling, But It Isn't The Only Indicator. Ineptitude Or Dysfunction May Reveal Calling More Than Talent, Curiously Enough.

It's Better To Go Into The World Half-cocked Than Not To Go Into The World At All.