--- In [email protected], Bronte Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Turq: > > I ran into Joni Mitchell a couple of times. Once is written > > up in one of the stories in Road Trip Mind. The other was at > > a gathering with Yaqui medicine man Grandfather Cachora. > > Bronte: > Joni MItchell was an icon of my youth. My idol. I memorized > 90 percent of her song lyrics. I've only seen her in concert > but she has always fascinated me. Is Road Trip Mind a book > you wrote? I'd love it if you shared your experiences with > her on the two occasions you met her, and your impressions > of her. She came across in her songs as a lady of all heart > yet great strength.
It's easier to see the strength these days. She tends to keep her heart a little more hidden. In the video I posted about Shine, you really see it only in the last interview segment, about being irrational. Triple Scorpio. Very intense. The RTM story is at: http://ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm26.html The evening with Cachora also got written up into a story, but it isn't on the Net. You no doubt know her song Don Juan's Reckless Daughter? Suffice it to say Joni had an affinity for Castaneda and his vision of Yaqui spirituality. So she was curious and outspoken when talking with one of the brujos that Castaneda had actually studied with. It was interesting to see that even though she clearly considered him knowledgeable, she never took any- thing he said as gospel; she was always ready to challenge any statement that didn't seem right to her. Interesting woman.
