>> why did you want -- why did you agree to do this? >> just because i'm a ham. >> you have -- i saw you have some notes or something. what are those? >> see if you can guess. >> tpio. inep. they're -- what does it mean? >> i didn't want to misquote faulkner. so the past isn't over. it's not even past. and i absolutely think it's true. >> sow feel the past is very much alive -- >> absolutely. >> -- in your plent nuour prese. >> i think it is in all of us, whether we know it or not. i replay scenes. >> scenes of your life. >> yes. as if it's happening. and visually i picture it. and it also influences my painting a great deal.