Why I Write

We are currently in Portland, Oregon until the end of the month. Our daughter goes to school here so we’ve been able to spend some quality time with her and her college friends. Last night, at dinner, one of the kids asked me why I wrote. He’s a poet, so his question was a bit deeper than the usual ‘how did you get started writing?’ or ‘what inspired this particular book?’ He was really asking the question I think most artists ask themselves – why do we create?

Art happens through words, music, ...