I'm trying to visualize the cancer, to will it to shrink, to will J.U.'s circulatory system to refuse it the blood it needs (there are therapies in various stages of development, both medical and homeopathic, aimed at this specific way of fighting cancer). Perhaps if we focus our energies--our thoughts, our prayers, our rituals--on a specific physiological response we can gain in choral resonance what we lack in individual power. My thoughts are also with J.U.'s spirit and with his family and friends, and those who love his music.

--seed