"Blake's drawing of Dante drinking from the River of Light,

coming from the sky, this infinite luminous stream of light,

Dante on his knees with his hands cupped drinking.

And I was stunned.

he didn't realize, or maybe he did, but he did a portrait of himself.

And then as I stood there more, I said,

this is a portrait of me too. And every writer who's ever opened themselves to be a conduit between the infinite source of life and have it coming pour through us to everyone around us.”