Sometimes connections can come at the most unexpected times. Today, while walking to the coffee shop and pondering my TTIX keynote*, the Genius playlist on OwenMeany (my iTouch) played "Drive" by Incubus, with some very apt lines:
Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear
And I can’t help but ask myself how much I let the fear
Take the wheel and steerIt’s driven me before
And it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal
But lately I’m beginning to find that I
Should be the one behind the wheelSo if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive?It’s driven me before
And it seems to be the way that everyone else gets around
But lately I’m beginning to find that
When I drive myself my light is found
And yes, this isn’t just me being maudlin, it actually connects to my talk…
*Incidentally, I’m still waiting for that moment when the chaos in my subconscious comes into focus and becomes something real to talk about… which makes me nervous given my august keynote company. On the other hand, this clarification almost never happens until the night before I’m on stage (which is why being the "closer" is so painful– I’ll be agitated and nervous about my part for the duration of the conference), so I’m hoping that– at the very least– that trend continues.
