If you are fragmented and uncertain, it is terrifying to find the boundaries of yourself melt.

You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.

People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people.

It is scary, it is terrifying.

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.

The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city.