Much food for thought, here, @carlgnash, about the way we live, now...

As a deeply private person, I used to be horrified about sharing anything too personal... But, now, I've come to realize that nothing is. As an artist, the more intimate one is with the page, if they dare to stand stripped down to the soul, the more likely they are to connect with a 'stranger'. Because, of course, there are no 'strangers'...

So, whenever I sit to write, now, I'm thinking outloud and aware that it's also available to the world, if they care to hear.

Transparency, a term currently much-abused in political and business circles, once meant something. For the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes, living in truth entailed making of the world a vast glass house with transparency of impulses, intentions and conduct.

To illustrate his point, Diogenes masturbated in the marketplace and lived in an open tub (flamboyantly searching with a lantern, in full daylight, for ‘an honest man.’) You might be relieved to hear that I've not quite got this far, yet. But, who knows what the future holds :)