About five years ago, I was listening to playwright Paula Vogel being interviewed by the American Theater Wing via their podcast (find it here). I had never read any of her plays, but she struck me as brilliant. A Pulitzer Prize winner. I ran out and bought a collection of some of her work that same day. This included The Baltimore Waltz, among others. Her work is not the easiest to understand, but I was an instant fan. When, during her interview, she said, "Art is meant to be public discourse", I was inspired by those words. I shall never forget, for as long as I live, rolling that sentence over and over in my mouth, in my brain. Whenever I get foggy I go back to this idea. Our freedom of expression in this country is marvelous, isn't it? We are encouraged to discuss and to analyze the world surrounding. Whenever I watch Bill Maher's show on HBO, I am grateful for our freedoms of expression. He gets away with quite a lot!