It’s by not going to the next village that you speed your own time up. Novelty, or newness, for all its faults, is one great preserver of life. Go to the next village and, by the end of the year, you’ll look back on a life of two villages. It’s similar to the enlarging stomach concept – if you eat less your stomach shrinks, eat all week and your stomach becomes huge. Somewhere in this, however, you must learn to respect both your food and your stomach.

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Daniel Patrick Quinn is a musician, composer and producer. His albums include Severed From The Land and Ridin’ The Stang. With his band One More Grain he released Pigeon English and Isle Of Grain. He currently lives and works in Indonesia.