for example, did you know there was a soap carving club on campus? i’d love to be able to make a model of my own car. put the oil in your mouth. no one else in the place and i ask if i could play a couple of songs, sheepishly. it never fails that someone will leave in tears because of a popped, missing, or let go of a balloon. i can’t imagine what it’s like to be black and hear a phrase like that. “that’s okay, i think it tastes better melted anyway. "talent does what it can; genius does what it must." 