Well, here we sit

Stranded, though we all do our best to deny it, right.  Like Bob Dylan lyrics from a Japanese psychiatrist who also fancied himself a novelist--where half of the lyrics from Love and Theft came from, basically, from acting out a role, a place, a sense of self.

I've always been fascinated with the act, the get, the buy in--convincing someone, getting them to look, to be intrigued; the ability to command full attention, even for a second.  I'm not so obsessed with that anymore.  Not as insecure.  I don't need to proffer viewpoints to everyone, as if to test them.