Mental Gymnastics: a recipe for a disconcerting internal discussion.
Step one: Stop at Oslo for late afternoon work break and coffee.
Step two: L train to Manhattan, go watch Paul Haggis' new movie " In the Valley of Elah ".
Step three: Leave the theater considering war, literature, life, human purpose, death, Art, photography, filmmaking. storytelling, light, Charlize Theron, relative happiness, race, hatred, historical perspective, national identity, personal circumstances, morality and anything else that graces your synapses.
Step four: Turn on I-Pod, insert headphones and listen to the new Radiohead album " In Rainbows "
Step five: Wander home at dusk through Brooklyn to empty apartment and make yourself dinner.