Our wonderful world is vast and complex. Yet, its people and places can be somewhat understood in terms of eight megacultures. I would list China, India, Mideast, Euro, Afro, Russo, Latino and Anglo spheres. The last includes New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. Some would add Oceania as the ninth megaculture. Boundaries are blurry and border regions, like Ukraine, Nepal, Morocco and Texas, are a blending of the big zones. I hope to spend time living and composing in each of these regions before dying and decomposing in one of them. Thus far, I have spent meaningful time in the India, China, Euro, Afro, Latino and Anglo spheres. The wisdom of each has changed me profoundly.
