The piano is a divinely inspired instrument, a mirror held up to its player's soul that captures the light and shadow of the performer and reflects them back to the listener.
The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.
I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.
It certainly was an important moment for me, that realization that I was not going to get what I wanted. It was very freeing. I keep using that word "freeing" or "liberating. " I feel like Houdini sometimes, like I'm just getting out of one set of shackles after another, hanging upside down inside a burlap bag with handcuffs on. Hopefully one day, I'm going to get out of this tank of water.
The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.
It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!
Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure
Of all the things that men may heed 'Tis most of love they sing indeed.
For I have had too much Of apple-picking:I am overtired Of the great harvest I myself desired.
The two partners in a relationship also need to have some similar interests in addition to a similar life view.
Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable.