Predict Nothing.

Consider Clint Eastwood. He detests violence, criticizes its use in movies and politically supports gun control. To further confound people’s perceptions Eastwood writes haunting love songs, this beautiful one sung by Diana Krall called “Why Should I Care.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOAkbVDCC2g

And this, the theme of the movie Bridges of Madison County: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JtZFSDmNeLw

On to John Wayne, who hated horses. Wayne had learned to ride when he was young, so by the time he started making cowboy pictures, he was already fed up with it. In the book John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth, Wayne is quoted as saying, “I still hate riding horses. I go by truck everywhere I can.”

Dr. Seuss (his real name was Theodor Geisel; the “doctor” was just a joke), was in reality “terrified” of children, for what he called their “unpredictability.” Never had any, never married.

Here’s to contradiction and the unexpected, knowing that none of us are so easily categorized. And here’s my (somewhat related)poem

Be quiet: You’re talking

Tell me something I don’t know.

That there are insects that can fly through the rain

without getting wet,

That Bing Crosby had the first tape recorder in America,

And Esther Williams hated the water.

That astronauts have the highest divorce rate,

Redheads need more anaesthetic than others,

Emily Dickinson didn’t leave her room for 12 years,

There’s no word for art in the Tibetan language not associated with deity,

And Chinese doctors examine a patient’s tongue first.

Enlighten me.

Fill me with awe.

Share things incandescent.

Or stop talking.