Jeff Barron: I Am Barnes & Thornburg

I AM...

• Married to Amy, and we have two great kids
• An insufferable fan of books and bands, as will become apparent
• A lifter of weights: people say all sorts of things, but a hundred pounds is always a hundred pounds (Henry Rollins, “The Iron Never Lies”)
• A happy warrior, because you can’t be what you were so you better start being just what you are (Fugazi, “Bad Mouth”)
• A traveler, and not a tourist (claimed by many, but I’m citing Paul Bowles, “The Sheltering Sky”)
• Someone who believes that we listen and read to find out who we are (a paraphrase of Ursula K. Le Guin)
• A lover of learning: understanding my clients’ inventions means that I have to kick knowledge in the face, and hope that it kicks me back (P.O.S., “Kicking Knowledge in the Face”)
• Bi. If you want to understand that better, think about 1985, when I was 11 and I thought that boys were pretty and I couldn’t tell no one (Ezra Furman, “Compulsive Liar”)
• A fan of astronomy and sci-fi, because I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night (Sarah Williams, “The Old Astronomer To His Pupil”)
• Just trying to be a decent person

This profile appeared in the June 2021 edition of I Am Barnes & Thornburg.

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