Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby?
What cannot be said, will get wept.
I'm hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don't know what.
The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.
The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.
Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.