When I walk into the white room I am alone, but I am alone with my:

body    ambition     ideas     passions

needs    memories    goals     prejudices

distractions     fears

These ten items are at the heart of what I am.  Whatever I'm going to create will be a reflection of how these have shaped my life, and how I've learned to channel my experiences into them.

The last two -- distractions and fears -- are the dangerous ones.

-twyla tharp,

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