I'm Not Usually Where I Think I

My Secret Dream Is To Write An Epic Poem. That's Probably The Most Pretentious Thing I've Said.

If I'm Confused, I Just Spend Some Time Looking At The Sky And Falling Into It. It's Not A Meditation That Anyone Taught Me, It's Something I've Done My Whole Life, And Liked Doing, And It Made Me Feel Like Nothing.

. . . I Wrote A Letter To Thomas Pynchon Asking, Can I Have Your Permission To Try To Make An [adaptation] Of Your Book? And I Had No Idea That He Would Answer Me, Because He's Pretty Elusive. But He Did Send A Letter Back That Said, Yes, You Can Do That - As Long As The Only Instrument In The Opera Is A Banjo. I Thought, That's An Interesting Way Of Saying No.

Besides All Those Whaling Details, Moby Dick Is About Someone Who's Looking For Something So Huge, Something They've Wanted All Their Life, Yet They Know When They Find It, It Will Kill Them.

Performance Art Is About Joy, About Making Something That's So Full Of Kind Of A Wild Joy That You Really Can't Put Into Words.