Somewhat predictably, I'm much more comfortable in front of an audience - and a big audience is even better - than faced with one stranger. This always seems like a bit of a failing on my part, as a human. I think that's also why I put myself situations where I'm forced to engage in other ways.

People tend to hold on to their first impressions - that's why those first descriptions can be so important. You don't even necessarily look at people that carefully after a while; you just hold on to that early impression.

I wish there were a class where we could just keep going around the circle. around and around, until we had finally said everything about ourselves.

Things usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

I can't imagine being invested in someone else's script.

I think it's more interesting if you go all the way with the world you have, and really look at it, and push it to an even more extreme extreme.