He says it s like being in a dimly lit room. Some black people take for granted being black. Dave decides that he would like to meet Maya Angelou at his house in the evening. He would make it a very casual affair, asking her what got her started and conversing about poetry and the world. Probably wearing a tee shirt and sweatpants, he would try to maintain the whole laid back approach for the entire discussion.
Nothing is ugly or boring.
It s all about the way you look at things. There is a scope for individuality, and elation, and discovery Working back and forth between experience and thought, writers have more than space and time can offer. They have the whole unexplored realm of human vision.