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Sherman Alexie's avatar

I love the solitude of being the writer writing and I desperately miss being the onstage performer performing.

Peter Himmelman's avatar

I hear you so clearly. The two things are very different, but they each come with their own unique brand of joy. As anyone who writes and performs knows: too much solitude and you’re suffering from isolation. Too much time onstage and you’ve got too little time for the self-reflection required to create new work. Sherman, you’re a monster onstage — AND at the desk!

Sherman Alexie's avatar

As are you!

Mark Balletto's avatar

I keep posting a comment to Sherman Alexie and it appears to be disappearing..

Mark Balletto's avatar

Peter? Adam? Is there some moderator seeing this?

Adam Jacobs's avatar

Hey Mark, I apologize, but this isn't the forum for that discussion.

Mark Balletto's avatar

"Beyond Belief is a forum for people of integrity and goodwill to ponder life’s biggest mysteries, to ask probing and uncomfortable questions, and to be open to novel answers—as counterintuitive as they might sometimes seem. "

Mark Balletto's avatar

Happy to meet y'all at the appropriate forum.

Mark Balletto's avatar

I'm not seeing photo descriptions/credits here.. is that Aimee Mann?

Adam Jacobs's avatar

No, it's just a generic artist image. Though I deeply admire Aimee Mann.

Mark Balletto's avatar

generic artist image.. reminded me of Aimee Mann. You could hire me to write a novel on that.