I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.
In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice of Aikido.
It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.
We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that.
People call to keep me abreast of what's going on.
Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before.