What are the motifs in Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins?

Outlaws are a recurring idea in the story. Outlaws are individuals who live and make life choices based on the belief that the status quo, that law, regulation, tradition and limitation, are inhibiting to living a life grounded in personal, individual truth. In Still Life... Bernard is one such person, espousing this philosophy at the top of his lungs and with several destructive handfuls of dynamite at his disposal. The central character, Leigh-Cheri is personally and deeply transformed as a direct result of involvement with Bernard and absorption of his philosophy, a transformation that leads her to both a discovery and a living of her personal truth.