"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he
grows up."

"During [these] periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight."

NorthAtlantic Blues Festival
Rockland, Maine

"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."

Feel an ugency to cram a bunch of fun into a few short months.
Summer in The State of Maine. Winters are long.