toni morrison, alice walker, all the people, some of the people in the 70s telling those kind of stories that were the truth. i hate for people to say they were greedy or heartbreaking or tragic. for me it gave me the kind of tools to tell those truths. >> wha >> what is your understanding of the connection when we talked briefly you mentioned later a friendships and i was thinking not in an elegant way but how have these -- >> when the digital age first entered, there is a panic everybody will only pay attention to video and that is just not true. it is an interesting transition. so then there is a scene i play over and over in the book thank you so much it's like a dream. the first time they meet they are doing a theatrical version and all these critics are trashing it and i called him jimmy in my head now that he's crashed and then there's not anybody in this world she's in the back, up at the top and she stands up and it just goes at all of these men you are wrong and he felt like she rescued him and she was a kindred spirit there is a kind of loving care and their relation ship they

. >> good afternoon, commissione commissioners, i am alice walker. i was chair of the land use portion of that. i want to thank you again for allowing this process to go forward. i went to the earlier meeting where these proposals were sort of vetted, had the first vetting in front of the public, and it was like a cocktail party or meet up. there was so much energy and enthusiasm. just enthusiasm in the room, and so many new ideas that i am hoping they really gave life to the public comment that we received during the working group meetings. it was really gratifying to hear that. i am hoping some of them really will make it through the process. i realize financial feasibility is difficult on some of them. i think there is some rich resources for possible pop up uses as you go through development process using the piers on short term basis to activate and create interest in the way pier 70 did on their project. thank you. >> any other public comment? come on up. >> thank you, commissioners. i am executive director. i want to say i think it is a terrif