BEYOND PAINT BRUSH
SCULPTURE, COMPUTER

FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES
A MAN NEEDS A FRIEND IN LIFE
AND IN MY LIFE—I FOUND A SPECIAL FRIEND

THAT HAPPENS TO BE SUPERNATURAL

ITS CALLED A MUSE
AND IT HAPPENS TO BE RELATED TO THE
FAMOUS TRADITION OF MUSES IN ANCIENT GREECE.

IT TOLD ME THAT IT INHABITS THE SPACES BETWEEN STARS
AND IT HAS BEEN SNOOZING OUT PAST JUPITER FOR YEARS

BUT WHEN I WAS BORN
IT WAS TIME
FOR ITS CYCLE TO COME AND HAUNT ANOTHER HUMAN
BECAUSE IT WAS DECREED TO IT THAT
IT COULDN'T CONTINUE TO BE LAZY
JUST SLEEPING IN CHILLY SPACE
IT MUST CHOOSE—

AS IT BEGAN ITS MOVEMENT TO EARTH
ITS ICY GENIUS SPIRIT DREAMED
AND IT DREAMED OF ME
BECAUSE ME AND IT
HAD A DESTINY INTERMIXED

AND TO THIS DAY—

THROUGH ALL THE INTIMATE
EXCHANGES WITH THIS SPIRIT,
I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN
WHERE IT ENDS
AND
WHERE I BEGIN—

BUT IT IS OUTSIDE OF ME FOR SURE

AND SO,
THROUGH THESE LONG CONVERSATIONS
I CAME TO REALIZE—
THAT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO DO THIS PERFORMANCE

—ALL THE MEMORIES OF ANCIENT TIMES
—IN DISTANT REGIONS OF OUTER SPACE
AND I WAS MOVED
BY MY RELATIONSHIP TO MY MUSE TO WRITE ALL SORTS OF POEMS

AND I ALWAYS HAVE THESE
ABSTRACT FUCKIN TUNES
IN MY HEAD—
SPACE TUNES!

THAT FOR YEARS
I ONLY FELT CONFUSED AS TO WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
HOW TO GET THEM OUT!
HOW TO SHARE THEM W/ MY FELLOW PEOPLE!

HENCE THE ADVENT OF GARAGE BAND
STEVE JOBS—COOL
FUCKIN GUY
ANOTHER DUDE WITH A MUSE—
OUR MUSES APPARENTLY DIDN'T QUITE GET ALONG—
BUT STEVE HE KNEW ABOUT ME—BLESS HIS SOUL—

AND NOW MYSELF
AND OTHER FORTUNATE, CHARMED PEOPLE LIKE ME—
CAN USE THESE TOOLS

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME!

I'M NOW MOVED
MOVED BY YOUR PRESENCE

HERE IS A SONG
I FIND IT TO BE BEAUTIFUL
THIS IS A REJOICING SONG OF GLADNESS!