Filmed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Vladimir Sokoloff introduces a young woman to some examples of modern art by Picasso, Chagall, Dali, and others and explains the motivations behind some of the techniques developed by the artists.

Video footage from the 5 Alive News station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to accompany several news stories about a teen murder, robberies, sexual assaults, President Bush's budget plans, a reading project for children, adoptions for pets from the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter, Mike Schmidt's retirement from the Phillies, Japanese businesses in Manhattan, New York, and a confiscation auction.