Self-Portrait

Perhaps nothing has ever represented me more:

1. Intense  I'm all or none. In or out. Saturated or vacant. Perhaps I need an extended stay in the doldrums of Middletown.

2. Dark  I love clouds and stormy palls over sunshine. I'm still a happy person. I consider myself to have some sort of reverse seasonal disorder. (How dark and glossy the wrapper looks in this photo! Shinier than Darth Vader's helmet!)

3. Midnight  When I get most everything accomplished. Morning people: bring it on. I accomplish as much as you do, I just do it at night. I have asked Greg multiple times to pull the furniture away from the walls at approximately 11 pm so that I could begin painting.

4. Reverie  I am always thinking. Always. Can't turn it off. "Reverie" is a Debussy word. It's what you're supposed to have when you hear his music. The only Debussy I can still play is "La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin."

5. 86  An obvious reference to me crossing things off of my precious lists. Or to throwing out the unnecessary. 86'd that item on my list. 86'd those jeans that I always felt ugly in. 86'd that bad habit.

6. All Natural  Yes I am, unless you count the concealing properties of mineral make-up.