Calvin Schwartz doesn’t hold back on sharing his deepest thoughts of life, love, and lust in this revelation of a life lived with ‘a tortoise in my hair;’ a brilliant metaphor for living with a creative mind that took time to sort out its way in the world. Schwartz reveals a rare, unvarnished look at what goes through the mind of someone who experiences creativity, passion, spirituality, and humanity in huge doses of unfettered energy, accompanied by the downside of the valley of despair. Part memoir, part personal development guidebook, the book’s structure and well-written prose keeps the reader intrigued, along for the ride to see where this journey goes and if the resolution hoped for materializes. Readers will warm to the reflections on historical twists and turns from the Vietnamese War to the COVID pandemic.
