Sam,

Thanks for the words. Yes. Sounds right. Helpful. Thinking about Tom Stoppard saying he writes plays so he can argue with himself. But look: Don't romanticise us fine arts folk. At least in theatre the temptation is always strong to sentimentalize, to equate, to equivocate, to blend and smooth and play it safe, rather than to confront, to juxtapose, to take to extremes, to push the contradictions as far as they can go, to REALLY make fools of ourselves. (One reason we still don't get Brecht.) And we--make that I--give into the the temptation all the time. I can hide just as well as anyone--I can hide behind my art and never, ever sting like a bee.

Keep it up.

Graham