John A Starnes visited Yes Yoko Ono in Miami

I just made the pilgrimage from Tampa to Miami to experience YES Yoko Ono on its last U.S. stop and as someone who discovered her remarkable creative energy when I was a 16 year old here in Tampa back in 1969 I was so moved I spent the day there, surprising even the gallery director who has known Yoko for 8 years and clearly "gets" her approach to evoking the human spirit in wordless subtle yet powerful ways.

I got goosebumps upon seeing 'Glass Keys to Open the Skies' in person just as I have from photos of this magical work. I watched 'Cut Piece' three times, having ALWAYS wanted to see it...now I MUST own it to show friends. I FINALLY got to see after many years of wishing to to see the video for 'Walking on Thin Ice'...the flashing lake images I'd seen only snippets of before, especially now in these times of war drums, evoked for me feelings of nuclear (not "nuke-ya-lurr" as Bush pronounces it) detonations.