[theapportioner]

I occasionally experience myself as
a cluster of flowing currents.
I prefer this to the idea of a solid self,
the identity to which so many attach
so much significance. These currents,
like the themes of one's life, flow along
during the waking hours, and at their best,
they require no reconciling, no harmonizing.
They are "off" and may be out of place, but
at least they are always in motion ...
-- Edward Said, Out of Place