Origin Story, The [Note: Kraft has delivered versions of this story on many occasions. I’ve heard them all. MD] I want to tell you the story of my lifetime’s obsession with the making of the Personal History. This is a story inextricably entwined with several others: stories of the collaboration of the author and his “other,” his alter ego; of the perdurable love of the author and his muse; a portrait of the artist as he ages; the growth and development of the work itself and of the means of making and delivering it; the interaction between author and audience; and the pleasures of living a life minutely examined and expansively imagined.
Origin Story
Origin Story
Origin Story
Origin Story, The [Note: Kraft has delivered versions of this story on many occasions. I’ve heard them all. MD] I want to tell you the story of my lifetime’s obsession with the making of the Personal History. This is a story inextricably entwined with several others: stories of the collaboration of the author and his “other,” his alter ego; of the perdurable love of the author and his muse; a portrait of the artist as he ages; the growth and development of the work itself and of the means of making and delivering it; the interaction between author and audience; and the pleasures of living a life minutely examined and expansively imagined.