I wonder what Sister Wendy has to say about this one and about Degas is general. Guess I'll have to go see if I can dig a comment or two up. Thanks, Peter, doesn't seem as though he cared for himself much does it? LeeJ, I think you've put your finger on it. I produce much better writing, IMHO, when I am angry, saddened, alone, etc., in short when my life is shit and emotions running high, full of angst and sometiems despair. If anyone heard the symphonies my brother has written and looked at him and his life, they would wonder how something so sublime came out of someone so dysfunctional; gawd! could it be the mark of greatness to be so inept etc.? Reminds me of the Emotional Quotient in lieu of the IQ tests.

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