John Cage Mesostic

                                                     aCt

                                                        In

                                                 accoRd

                                       with obstaCles

                                                       Using

                                                  theM

                  to find or dfine the proceSs

                                     you’re abouT to be involved in

                           the questions you’ll Ask

                                          if you doN’t have enough time

                                                to acComplish

                                   what you havE in mind

                                                   conSider the work finished

-John Cage, from “Visual Art: To Sober and Quiet the Mind,” by Kathan Brown (San Francisco: Crown Point Press, 2000), pg. 11.