b'142TheArtsDianneandIhaveapassionforliveperformances.Overthe40yearstogetherwehaveseenliveperformancesinthemultiplehundreds.Broadway,OffBroadway,Musicals,Plays,Musiciansfromthecontemporary,totheclassical,bandsandensemblestofullorchestra.DancefromstructuredballettoImpromptu.Comedians,poetryreadingstofullonShakespeare.Forcloseto12years,weheldseasonticketstoanactorsequitytheatreonthenorthshoreofLongIslandwithanothercouple.Diannewasanavidreaderofnovels,especiallyoncethedigitalagecameforthwiththeKindles.Shereadvociferously.PattiSmith-Franco(page100)writesthisinherpersonalstoriesofDianne.Shewouldreadwhileinbedjustbeforeturningoutthelight.ofcourse,inthekindleerasheonlyneededtheglowofthelettersfromthenovelshewasreading.Ofcourse,iftherewasaparticularlyexcitingpassageortheme,Iwassuretohearitinfull.Herfavoritetimeperiodwasthe1800sintothefirsthalfofthe20thcentury.Well,herweaknesswaseverythingsurroundingtheBritishIslesandtherulingelitesandespeciallythewomen,AnnBolynetc.Diannealsowasintriguedwithtravelbackandforthintime.Wheretheprotagonistwouldliveintheperiod.AfavoriteexamplewastheseriesOutlander.Ididnothavetoreadanyofthe6books,IhearditthroughDianne.Iamsureifshecould,shewouldhavebeenatimetraveler;awaytotravelnotopentoDianneatleastnotwhileembodied.DearreaderandviewerofDiannesJourney,Iampositivethatyoualsohaveyourownwayofsurroundingyourselfwiththeartsthatresonatewithyou.FindyourspaceinthisourlifetimeandcreateandcarveoutaplacefortheartsareourwayofconnectingwithwhatbringsustoadifferentwayofseeingtheworldWehavebeenfortunatetohavefriendshipswithtalentedvisualartists.AsyoureadthroughDiannesbookofstoriesyouwillfindrepresentationoftheirworksontheirpages.'