Laurie and I went to the Seattle Symphony today. We heard Bach's "Goldberg Variations" played by Vikingur Olaffson. It was very moving. It was inspiring and hopeful. It was beautiful. I kept thinking it was like the night light I had as a child that when I was afraid I would look at and remember that as long as the light was still on, I was and would be okay. Art and things like the symphony still operating are like that to me. I am starting to feel old, that the center will not hold. I take afternoon naps. My joints and neck hurt for no reason. I have very little work. The last act begins. That is why something like a symphony concert can become such an amazing afternoon for an old man.
...Of course for every positive moment there is a moment of chaos. Laurie and I saw a downtown tweaker strip his clothes off and walk down 2nd Ave fully bare ass naked. It is a sad and beautiful world,
