If it isn't fun, don't do it. You'll have to do enough that isn't. -Robert Creeley Here I am. Here we are. It's quite intimate, isn't it? We're here, you and I, trying to find some understanding. Well, let's not kid ourselves. I'm in the world wide web discussing private matters in a public place, as David Antin would rightfully assert, and there's nothing intimate about that. But please, friend, let's continue on with the exploitation! So no, I'm not yet in Ukraine, in case you're wondering, but throughout my limited years I've come to at least realize that things begin long before we think they do. Everything begins with a thought, does it not? In the case of traveling, it all begins with our cultural identity and the assumptions and expectations that come along with
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