As I sat down to write this morning, I was flummoxed.
(Flummoxed: adjective, bewildered or perplexed, as in "he became flummoxed and speechless)
It's highly unusual for an Irishman to become flummoxed.
Having received the gift of the gab from Ireland's Blarney Stone, an Irishman always has something to say, as in "I'm Irish,...
"I think that what makes someone an artist is that they make models of their inner life. They make something physically come into being that is inspired by their emotions or their needs or what they feel the audience needs. I like the independence of it. I love the freedom of it. Nobody tells you what you can or can't do..."
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