On Monday, August 5 1996 at 3:30 p.m. at 56 Woodward St. in San Francisco, CA, I placed one 3.5"x2" orthoptic eye patch over each eye. I exchanged my sight for a collapsable cane for the blind and when needed, the arm of collaborator Ev Funes, who aided in escorting me around the city, to the beach, tot the flower mart, San Francisco State University, Hotel Utah for live improvised music and Mitchell's Ice Cream Parlor. I was "blind" until Thursday, August