Ezra

                       There's this long-standing Conceit that it was somehow HONORABLE to "Suffer" for one's Art -- well THAT is fucking HORSE-SHIT from the "get-go" .    The Ancient Kung-Fu Master explained 'it' this  way :   "When  the  Heart  overflows  with  Love,   THEN there is Music" {and Poetry and the other Arts} .   By definition Suffering is NOT Love {although there are Qats* like me who view Suffering MUCH differently than Others} .   In his Book,  Why We're Polarized,  Ezra Klein spends some Time explaining his move to a Location that was CONDUCIVE to a Writer's Productivity and that Location was NOT one where Suffering was even a tiny factor .   

             I use-ta have-ta try and write wearing a complement of Outer WORK wear to protect me from the Interior Cold.  Indeed I devised this gag :  `It was so cold inside, I had-ta open up the windows and doors to let some Heat in . `   Such were the Old Days .