The First Thing I Think

When I Heard About The Microsoft Kinect, Though, I Felt An Urgency Rising In Me. A Game You Played Without Touching Any Machinery? A Chance To Wave Your Hands Around, Minority-report Style, And Move Things Around On A Screen? This Sounded Like Almost Too Much Fun, With Gadget-y Pizzazz That Sounded Astonishing.

I Am Dismayed To Realize That Much Of The Advice I Used To Parcel Out To Aspiring Writers Has Passed Its Sell-by Date.

They Will Be Given As Gifts; Books That Are Especially Pretty Or Visual Will Be Bought As Hard Copies; Books That Are Collectible Will Continue To Be Collected; People With Lots Of Bookshelves Will Keep Stocking Them; And Anyone Who Likes To Make Notes In Books Will Keep Buying Books With Margins To Fill.

The Old Orchid Hunter Lay Back On His Pillow, His Body Limp... 'you'll Curse The Insects,' He Said At Least, 'and You'll Curse The Natives... The Sun Will Burn You By Day And The Cold Will Shrivel You By Night. You'll Be Racked By Fever And Tormented By A Hundred Discomforts, But You'll Go On. For When A Man Falls In Love With Orchids, He'll Do Anything To Possess The One He Wants. It's Like Chasing A Green-eyed Woman Or Taking Cocaine... It's A Sort Of Madness.

My Inspiration Is Really Very Simple: I'm Struck By Things That I Want To Know More About. I Really Do React Just As A Curious Person: Who Is This Person? What's The Story Behind This Situation? Why Do People Like This Or Dislike This Thing?