I spent most of the weekend with Tom Waits and Guy Clark at the Chili Parlor. The question was asked of Waits "What is difficult for you?" He was in rare form with his reply;
"Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.”
The man is a treasure.
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