The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained.
The free, creative, loving people who shine so brightly in my memory of studios and coffee shops have become models for a huge section of the population. If they in turn can just stay alive in the face of power and terror, they may become the decisive section.
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act.
An entomologist is not a bug.
It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence.