Instant Intellectual Satisfaction Author:James Savage "Instant Intellectual Satisfaction" is a journal in poems and songs of reflections on my experiences, and that of my characters from a graphic novel story I wrote which takes place in Los Angeles County. The first piece in my book was written in Portland, Oregon, just a few weeks before I started on my two and a half year journey in L.A. The... more » next piece was written in Hollywood, and reflects upon the move itself. Actually largely describing what that first big step to be out on one's own is like for everyone. Then the narrative continues for 140 subsequent pieces as I tried just about everything. From meeting musicians at the Key Club to visiting a Buddhist temple. From getting arrested, really on purpose, to trying some yoga lessons. Cruising Mullholland Drive after midnight, going to a singing audition, taking an acting lesson, playing my harmonica on Hollywood Boulevard for pocket change, cycling out to Venice, Marina Del Rey, Malibu, and everything in between. With each new experience causing me to learn and grow in ways I hadn't planned on, enabling me to finally be free in ways never before achieved.« less