November 30th, 1998

From Weeklywire.com

ON BEING A TOUR GUIDE: “I came to the tour route with the understanding that it is one of the great opportunities for self-expression and I do think that the people who really moved mountains in human history were all great tour guides. I do think that being a tour guide — understanding it to be a great opportunity for self-expression — enhanced my own use of language. It enhanced my understanding, if you will, that language is the instrument of life. It is the music of life, and really a shamanic journey in its own right. I do think that the frontiers of human awareness are in the language, and so that when we’re playing with the language, we are at play and frolicking in the frontiers of human awareness.”

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