Bob Dylan inadvertently fueled Townes Van Zandt's songwriting dreams with hope, inspiration, and an awfully fierce sense of ambition.

At the time of this writing, Bob ... and white? Santa Claus. Who's got a top hat and a strange gray wig? Dylan in the below video. Robert Hunter co-wrote most of the songs on Dylan's 2009 album ...

Songs too, with a profound sense of mystery. It is a quality that, almost uniquely, Bob Dylan has been able to sustain both in his work, and in what we know ...