Taste Takes A Holiday
September, 1983
Taste is our inner gyroscope, which tells us how to act: Should we hold back or let go? The trouble is, too many of our tastes are shaped by what we think others will think of us. Should we behave like Oscar Wilde or like Wallace Beery? Should we cock our finger while drinking tea or finger our cock? It's not easy. What would it be like if that inner gyroscope gave way? Venture, as I did, on a day when taste had taken a holiday.7:20 A.M. I awoke to David Hartman, who was interviewing Nobel Prize...
