I'm not running or even standing on my own. I thought I was brave. I'm not even close. I'm the tiger's dinner. Those who truly love danger aren't extreme athletes, triathaloners, or mountaineers.
Creative people plunge into disaster every time they do something new.
Because every time they try something new, they risk everything that's familiar to them. They have to confront their incompetence and stupidity, feelings that all of us carefully avoid. That's the journey of power and danger. When danger ends in disaster, that usually means that we are taking things too literally or are seeking oblivion. Heroic danger, John Tarrant tells me, is to descend into the imagination.