From an interview with Inara George and Van Dyke Parks on the occasion of their collaboration An Invitation:
Interviewer: You said before you "stay out of the present tense." What's brought you back?Related post
VDP: I meant in work — I don't mean psychologically. I'm in the prism of current understanding. I got the newspapers and I read them. But my reasons for that — "I stay out of the present tense." I think reverse is the most powerful gear. The torque! Things pass, and remembrance is the most instructive arena there is. It's wonderful because there’s nothing creative about it!
Van Dyke Parks and the present tense
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