On Interviewing Others

The day began with a 6:30 AM conference call, ended with five additional interviews, filled two new pads of paper with notes, and featured a stunning, it-had-me downpour.

Now dinner is in the oven, and the sun is out and sinking, and I am thinking how grateful I am for that slipping-away moment, earlier today, when I went to the gym to dance Zumba. Sure, I didn't have time for it, but I went out and off anyway, for sometimes the only way that I can succeed in a jam-packed-think-day is to dance my head free of all the thoughts my head has (without my permission) previously accumulated.

I interview others for a living. Later, I write what they have said. I stand on the outside of others' expertise and story-it-up, thread it with language. The older I get the greater the need to make my brain bigger (wider, deeper) for others.

Dance is my method. What is yours?

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