51.   In his little corner of West Oakland, John Abduljaami makes art.

52.   In the face of the war in Vietnam, old ways of making art seemed not to make sense.

53.   In time, he made his art out of this proclivity.

54.   Instead, he finds himself spending more time talking to lawyers and judges than making art.

55.   Invoking the gestural sweep of Abstract Expressionist painting, it is a strangely compelling work, a comment on the risks of making art.

56.   It amuses me that they thought that what they did would be a good way of making art.

57.   Is it possible to make art out of something as compelling, immediate and life-threatening as AIDS?

58.   It also shows that the will to make art can be close to indomitable.

59.   It was a lesson in something fundamental to the art of making art.

60.   It will not be merely a pretty music box on a hilltop, but a year-round educational complex intended to make the arts available to everyone.