A Biography

I am superfluous in every way. When I talk it is in overtones; dramatic emotions, images, messy paint and ideas that may not connect. When I write, it can be flowery, with confusing metaphors that seem far too personal.

I am a contrarian. When you want me to settle into a pattern I fly into the air. When you want me to flow like the river, I become fixed, as a boulder in the stream.

I like life to be pronounced, curved, stylized.  I like the punctuation to stand up and make you pay attention.  I want the drama to be minimal and the theatre to be large.

I want you to embrace the change and flux of my nature. I want to enfold you in paradox and instability. I want you to look into my eyes and meet me with everything you hold.

I hate writing biographies, they are full of exagerations and lies. These are

the truest tales I can speak of myself. I am nothing but stories over time;

and wounds crusted over with history.