Knowledgeable

[billy]

(a) Todd is mad poet sexy for sure -- I love minds beyond all measure, this place is like a brothel for the intellect

(b) Direct experience is not necessary. What IS necessary is empathy and a willingness to accept that you might be wrong, then the flexibility to change when you are. I haven't done a whole lot in my life but that doesn't stop me from wanting to write about it -- I just never assume that I've got it right, and pay attention when it's not.

same here. though i wouldn't write about doing open heart surgery from a surgeons POV. if i tried i'd fail. same as i wouldn't write about playing the guitar, all i know about that is the fact you twang steel or nylon strings
now jose feliciano could write about playing the guitar...if he knew how to write of course.