It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second.
From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up.