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I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts.

For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references.

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?

For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.

I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.

I am also really into religious artifacts.

I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realise that's what myths are for. It's for human beings to process their experience in extremis.