“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.”

—Margaret Mead

This month’s article comes from the convergence of two recent events. The first involved going to a small cafe in downtown Detroit to experience live-electronic music by our great-nephew, known as Nunca Duerma. Not knowing what live-electronic music is, going to an area that might be considered blighted in Detroit, sitting through a sound check that we thought might render us deaf, and having the chairs and tables all around us be moved to create a dance floor that seemed larger than the cafe itself all felt different, strange... and a little threatening. Interestingly enough, once the show began, we really enjoyed ourselves and learned a lot about this unusual (to us) form of entertainment.

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