As one gets older one's preferences harden. One becomes more like one's self and less interested in exploring new territory. The trick is to maintain a certain openness as long as possible. But what if this openness is illusory? That is, I expose myself to different sorts of things but only recognize what I already know? Something I learned yesterday can quickly come to seem something I have known all my life. I am predisposed to respond to some things and not others.

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James Schuyler was the answer to a bar trivia question!