80s

A student asked me what I thought of the 1980s. I didn’t know how to answer her. I said when you are in your twenties, and wherever one is in their 20s it has a unique colour and sound and perhaps smell. That’s how each decade of life has been for me. I know a lot more about listening to people. Back then I did not hear what people had to say so well. Sometimes I try listening to people as if I am going to take their side no matter what they say, as if their view is all that’s important. It’s a improvisational exercise, where you only support what you hear from the other player. It requires having the memory to remind yourself maybe you don’t know anything at all.

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