Priests of Process

One day working and hanging with the Theater People, and then the next day, working and hanging with the Jazz People. Both camps kind of work on the margins of the larger cultural scene.  Secret societies. Specialists. Almost like Monks or Priests of Process. There are the unique ways of working. Lots of energy and intelligence brought to bear on projects that will be seen and heard by only a very small audience. There's creativity, and practice, and experience, and improvisation, and a sense of play. There may be dreams of "changing the world," of "kicking down the doors," of making some kind of grand cultural impact, but those dreams are buried deep in the bones. Forefront in the brain, in the body is process.  Process and work.  It's all consuming. And that's everything.