To Me, Recordings Are Little Fourth-dimension Artifacts,

To Me, Recordings Are Little Fourth-dimension Artifacts, Because They Already Are Representatives Of Past, Present, And Future, Just Inherently In Their Existence.

As A Kid You Learn That There Are Thinkers And There Are Philosophers And There Are Theologian, And I'd Hear Little Bits Of The Ideas That These People Pursued Or Developed Or Created And I'd Be Really Excited. Then I'll Start To Read It And I Think, "wait A Minute, This Is A Rabbit Hole. This Isn't A Gateway Or A Ticket To Anything Except Itself."

I Have A Mantra That Kind Of Explains My Feelings On This Subject, Which Is, "the Past Is The Present Is The Future." When You're Recording Something, You're Making Something That Will Exist In The Future.

I Was Worried Before I Saw The Play 'the Seven Storey Mountain', Thinking I Don't Really Want To See A Play About Thomas Merton. He Probably Wouldn't Have Either, Ideally. Then It Isn't. It's More About Us And It's About Our Relationship To What He May Or May Not Have Thought About. It's Its Own Thing Completely.

Making Money Is Awesome And Fun As Hell, But They're Saying, "well, You're Offered A Whole Lot Of Money To Do This," And It's Like, Well, I Do Want The Money, But I Don't Really Do That - Like Headline A Big Festival Or Something Like That. I Could Go There And Do That, But It Isn't Really What I Do. It Feels Weird To Me.