Retired detective Frank Serpico (of book and film fame) gave a rare interview on public radio a few years ago. He spends much of his time sculpting and sees the process as a metaphor for life. He says if he's sculpting a bird, what he's really doing is taking away everything that is not a bird. In his own life, he consciously seeks to remove the parts that are not Frank Serpico, and, hopefully, what is left will be the real thing. If we don't have time to gather daisies, we probably could stand to do some sculpting of our own lives. Cheers,

J.