At 04:55 PM 8/15/2002 -0400, Steve Simmons wrote: >But sometimes it's like a direct line opens up from God and music just >pours out. I call that "inspiration." See my earlier comment on that. The most sustained period of inspiration I've ever had was writing the first draft of _Agyar_, which was a joyous experience like no other I've had. There is no doubt in my mind that there were elements of my subconscious very much at work then. But I have certainly been creative at times when nothing remotely like that was going on.