AH! the Press. I was called Canada's Maplethorpe once. Ducked and covered for the rest of the year. Could not stop laughing at the idea. Arts Councils are strange bodies. The food's good so's the wine. But the ARTISTS... Jeez... If only we could get them out of those things... who do they think they are anyways? :) I got out of there after 3 years of lobying governments for money, and producing report after report on every aspects of life and culture in the region. Oh! and did I tell you about the ARTISTS... Jeez. Why can't they starve in silence???? Seriously. I made a lot of good friends and we did do some very good work. Good luck on the nomination and full speed ahead. Q

Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hazard
S Mallarmé