Elf Sternberg

It's precisely when my head gets to its most cluttered state that "letting it whir, doing nothing" feels so good. When my brain is full I crave emptiness, just so let the brain-muscles uncramp and relax. Otherwise, I agree with you, I like to be brimming.

I ran up against mental overload and burnout this year for the first time in many ages -- I was covering six cities as a daily newspaper reporter, working on three books, studying kenjitsu, and juggling my poetry and erotica careers. I started to become pretty forgetful and scatterbrained. I handed three cities back to someone else, and all is well again.