to have life imitate art, when first introduced as art, when the process of life was defined previously as a work of fiction, when set forth as a challenge, a gauntlet being thrown, the boast, the dare, the dog dare, the double dare, the double dog dare, the triple and elusive triple dog dare, not to mention the unsanctioned quadruple and higher dog and cat dares, the promises, the predictions, the crystal balls, the mirrors on the the wall, the smokey visions from gypsies, seeds of life, planted, and grown, to have art draw life into art, that is what i look for, what i strive, what i try to find, to create, the bring forth, to draw forth, to give birth, in labour, in love