>but Alison didn't actually say she was listening to what she 'heard inside >herself' (& in putting those marks up I guess I creatively misquote too). >but instead said she was '*listening* to something Thanks, Douglas, for the comments - though the quote wasn't from me, but from Kona! But it's true, sometimes the writing takes charge. Not inspiration, altogether too blank and maybe in a way banal for that: just that when something is really working, what turns up is wholly unexpected. A collaboration with one's selves, maybe??? Best Alison