Buddhas move freely through birth and death appearing and disappearing at will.

I thought my life was mapped out. Research living in the forest teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them.

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.

My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing and coming back with amazing stories. So telling stories for a living made sense to me.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him everybody sees them.