Tonight went to the theatre to see Cagney. First: it is a musical and I am not really fond of that form of theatre. Secondly: I did not know any history of the person Cagney. But an actor friend who knows I like tap, said “See it for the Tap”. The result of going tonight? Ii would see it again for the tap alone. It was historically accurate – checked during intermission on the facts of his life and the dance was right up or down my alley depending on the perspective. On the way home, sitting in the bus I wondered what knowledge I had learned as a young person, that took the place of going to the movies or taking tap lessons or reading literature. Attending church, learning bible verses, reading bible stories, being cut off from the world was de rigueur of my environs. But the question remains, what did I learn instead that I use today?