That was very powerful writing, Alex, because it was real and because of the poetry it had a lyrical quality that transformed it into a myth. I think that is what your mind does to you through memories. Myths like poems are a different way of knowing - they make the world mean for us - they explain the chaos out of which we came. You have loved much and suffered much and it's made you an artist. You had to get your own pain, Now you write out of that reservoir of light and dark experiences and the words dance.