In a message dated 8/6/99 3:11:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mattis@argos.argoscomp.com writes: << In that sense, then, your work may not resemble you, but it *is* inescapably you. Please pardon me, Steven, if I put words into your mouth or do you an injustice with my interpretation. all the best, Mattis >> Yeah, I think I understood Steven about the same way you did, and I disagree with that sentiment. That's what I was responding to. It's not **me**. It may be a slice of me at one point in time. No more than a slice, and not necessarily any more than a slice "at a particular moment." But I prefer to emphasize the distance between myself and my work more than the connecting points because I think the distance is more significant. Jim