So, I had an idea for my thesis today. I went to the gym to take a spinning class and a petite old woman, with her grey hair in a bun on the very top of her head, looking Louise Bourgious-esque, started rockin' out on her bike. Her moves were good! They reminded me of thick-hipped black woman dancing to throbbing, pumping beats, but in her case there was more bony shoulder thrusting and hands-in-the-air action. She definitely had her own eccentric style with it's own jabs and quirks, considering her petite and time-experienced frame. But she peaked my interest....I wanted to know..what? her life story? Her secrets for survival? Her methods of serenity? How has she survived and lived not to tell about it, but to clap her hands to the beat on a bike in a spinning class in Manhattan?

Yes, this fits right into reality TV and all that voyeuristic curiosity...but I feel there is depth to my interest. Self-interest to be sure, as I am an aging Rock Star, but the gap between generations is enormous in our society and I think any step towards a thinning of that age gap is worthwhile and could be enlightening.

I am interested in the facade. In the female facade and its' decoration and embellishment and the obvious superficial power that comes with physical beauty. But I am as well interested in the silent stealth that exists under that beautiful and fragile frame....like the old woman groovin' on the bike today. I wanted to interview her....but can I come up with questions that penetrate as deep as I want to go? That say more than words?