The Only Proper Mask To

It's A Dismally Lonely Business, Writing.

Writing Is A Legitimate Way, An Important Way, To Participate In The Empowerment Of The Community That Names Me.

All Writers, Musicians, Artists, Choreographers/dancers, Etc., Work With The Stuff Of Their Experiences. It's The Translation Of It, The Conversion Of It, The Shaping Of It That Makes For The Drama.

When You Dream, You Dialogue With Aspects Of Yourself That Normally Are Not With You In The Daytime And You Discover That You Know A Great Deal More Than You Thought You Did.

She [my Mother] Gave Me Permission To Wonder, To Dawdle, To Daydream.