LEE BETHEL There is a Light That Never Goes Out
veryone remembers epiphanies. They’re epiphanies! Whether they hit you in the mind, or in the body (or spirit), they are undeniable moments, sustained or fleeting, of deep connection to everything at once: every cog clicks, every synapse sparks. Revelatory. On my first day of art school the tutor gave everyone a sheet of paper and said, “You have thirty seconds to do something with that sheet of paper. No questions. GO.” Sheepishly, I held the paper in my hand and, like an animal in a herd, scrunched that piece of paper up into a ball: ninety per cent of the
