To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.

I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have a wedding.

Also, I could finally sleep. And this was the real gift, because when you cannot sleep, you cannot get yourself out of the ditch--there's not a chance.

I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important.

Embrace the glorious mess that you are

The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.

We were taught to be dependable, responsible, the top of our classes at school, the most organized and efficient babysitters in town, the very miniature models of our hardworking farmer/nurse mother, a pair of junior Swiss Army knives, born to multitask.