”You should "support" the arts for the same reasons you eat ice cream, watch football, stumble through a wedding polka, hug your dog or sink into a whirlpool. Because it gives you pleasure.”

Is It Live?, Sean Mason, The American Buffalo, The Warmth of Other Suns, Wisława Szymborska.

“How do I love thee, let me show you the ways. Just take a look at this fMRI and notice how the Regional Homogeneity of the left dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) was significantly increased.”

The Numbers Game, Three Ways of Looking at Satchmo.

“But descend the stairs at 103rd Street-Corona Plaza and you slip into the clamor of city life. This isn’t Times Square’s free-for-all, with elbow-to-elbow gawking at four-story video fantasies (GoPro!, Budweiser!, Samsung!). This is real: grocery shoppers, street vendors, bus stops.”

“…the folks on that 60-inch LCD are screaming, stomping, springing, singing and carrying on in ways that make me feel like I’ve just done 45 minutes on the Stairmaster.”

Applause…Applause, Beckham on Netflix, Nate Bargatze, Good Witch/Bad Witch, Louise Glück.

I think I’ll pass on Dylan Thomas’s urging to "…not go gentle into that good night.” If Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel, 1% (NSAID) gently keeps my arthritis in check, I’m all in.

Going gentle, Clyfford Still in Buffalo, Carla Bley, Hyperlocal Dance, Candide @ Skylight Music Theatre.