What is your mission?
My parents are human; I hope yours are too. They gave me their best materially and spiritually. It’s a good thing no one can interrogate them to find out exactly how well I am doing because they confirmed before kissing life goodbye that my choice of paths to maturity were on the money.
When are you most happy?
Three things make me truly happy; sunshine, rain and the pursuit of creating music.
I like the sunshine because it powers our life here on the planet, and particularly on this day, the winter solstice, as the sun begins its journey back towards rising in the east where I can see it rise over the horizon, instead of coming up behind buildings later on in the day, I am supremely happy.
I love the rain because it cleans the air and causes food to grow to feed a hungry planet. I like the sound of the rain beating on the roof and I like the smell of the earth when it is touched by rain. I think it is my love of water, especially the ocean and its movement and sounds.
I like the pursuit of creating music because music is latent in almost everything I do: I am gifted to detect rhythm, harmony and melody in so many things around me. Sound is life! There is my happy package.
What skills or lessons have you learned recently?
Shutting down my voice and pen have been a strategy for doing no harm. Today, I can say there are great reasons for silence.
What could you do less of?
As much as there is a need for strangers to trust one another there is a mass rising of people who are targeting benevolent individuals with scams and outright malicious designs. Society can boast about having new levels of connectivity while thefts and a host of other violations of people’s rights seem to be increasing. When we are in distress help sometimes appears before we send out an SOS, but these days when help arrives – police and emergency services – the trust is not always there. I do not need that kind of caution, whether it is official agents, strangers or random people, when I offer or need help.
If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?
Instead of sleeping I would and dream of 90 cm coconut trees, nibble edible cannabis buds “from the vine”, swim in purple oceans, and visit my myriad children across the galaxies; assuming of course that everyone else was in that sleepless (and work-free!) utopia and were fascinated by the promises to Abraham (he of Ur, Canaan and Egypt).
Who are your current most favorite people?
If you thought I’d tell you why musicians, girlfriends and religious bigots are my most favorite people, you are mistaken. I only want to continue my list of favorite people with guitar makers, doctors, grocers, bus drivers, pharmacists, farmers, fishermen, candy makers and airline pilots.
Do you trust your instincts?
Both the humble and the proud know that trust can be misplaced and fulfilled. My nth degree is the territory of my limited humanity
What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?
I do not persistently try to skip parts of my routine. If I did, it would not be done. None of my fellow activists, none of my sisters or brothers in faith can do what is on my agenda. Every part of my routine is part of a whole. Even those things that get onto my routine that are not my responsibility get a fair shot.
Life is Fun, But Not a Joke 