for some reason there’s an embarrassment around starting from scratch + opening oneself up to learning the basics esp if you feel “behind”. trying to release from that in playwriting and the result has been great. taste and gut are still paramount but growing the toolbox is so fruitful
you cross the river and take a funicular up a hill and stumble upon 2 massive roman amphitheaters.. then jutting out the side of a hill is this bond-like brutalist semi-subterranean fortress housing the most thoughtful roman museum on an authentic, underrated roman city…worth your time…a magical experience
