Tom Waits in Traffic

A Radiolab segment takes on the idea of making deals with yourself when engaged in creative work.   They stray into the subject of Muses, etc.    Have a listen.   I have to say that I can't count the times I've had some thought or other, and intended to come back to it, only to have it appear somewhere else in the culture soon thereafter.   The idea of ideas circling the globe looking for somewhere to land has some power.

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