character-self as something similar to sound heard through water (amplified and distorted refraction of the original). also as a warped (broken-or-breaking) instrument, subjected to new and strange uses, the results of which are less than predictable...

Friday the day after Thanksgiving. Morning in bed, afternoon in a hellish mall eating fancy food court food, later afternoon and evening in SFMOMA, then back to Oakland. Only pictures of SFMOMA available, and walk home from MacArthur BART.