At opposite ends of a hall with high wood beamed ceilings are doors. A door of light and a door of dark. Inside the dark room you can't see anything, not even the light from the hall. When your eyes adjust you see blurred shapes on a blurred platform.
In the light room are 20 or so men in 17th-century costume trying out for a TV commercial. The coveted role is Rembrandt, the narrator; the commercial is for a device that's one part bong and one part phallus, called The Dildabong.
The role of Rembrandt calls for the actor to dress as a musketeer, who should wield The Dildabong as a vanquishing sword. For beginners the suggested order is bong, dildo. Mixed mode is recommended only for advanced users craving a more membranous high. The order of the name suggests a yet more challenging application, the possible result of a perilous quest for enlightenment.
In the dark room when your eyes adjust you see lovers on a soft brown bed. Their bodies exhibit abnormal plasticity, as if their genes have scrambled and an arm can have eyes and legs grow sensibly from necks. The constraints of matter became matters of trivia when the lines foreshortened and blurred in the fading light.
Picasso's final performance was in Indianapolis at the Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977. According to many from his entourage, it was the "best show he had given in a long time," with "some strong singing."
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