Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.
If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured.
When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.

