I Felt I Was Owned By Possessions.

Possessing Things Is Not That Interesting. Living In A Grand Environment To Show Myself And Others That I Have Wealth Has Zero Appeal.

Most Countries In Africa Have The Capacity To Be Great Agricultural Producers, But They Do Only Subsistence Production. So A Family Will Produce For Themselves And Nothing More. Why? Because Of The Systems: The Markets Are Not There To Go Beyond.

I Felt I Was Owned By Possessions.

L.a. Is Very Special To Me, So Far Away From My World On The East Coast, Europe, Asia. It's A Bit Of An Island For Me - Less Intense, Less Busy; Because Of Time Difference And Location, It Has A Calming Effect. At Least It Used To Be All That.

If You Have Things And If You Are A Perfectionist, Which I Am, You Have To Really Tend To Them, And It Takes Energy Away From Other Things.