Bronte wrote:
She came across in her songs as a lady of all heart yet great strength.
Turq wrote:
It's easier to see the strength these days. She tends to keep her heart a
little more hidden.
Bronte writes:
Yeah. That started around the time she turned from writing folk to writing
jazz. An edge, a hardness, came into her work that didn't resonate with me. I
liked the soft center. For years I continued to buy her new albums, always
being disappointed, then gave up and lost interest. But I understand the
hardness. I've been there, too. It's just not the part of myself I like
reflected in the music I listen to. Music is a way for me to find my own soft
center, ya know?
Turq wrote:
The evening with Cachora also got written up into a story, but it isn't on
the Net.
Bronte writes:
Any way of our seeing it?
Truq wrote:
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 anything he said as gospel; she
was always ready to challenge any statement that didn't seem right to her.
Bronte writes:
Yes. Not surprising. Very cool. A self-made woman. I didn't know about the
Castanada connection til you told me of it, though. (I went through a
Castandada period, too.) I've spent the last couple hours catching up on Joni
Mitchell, thanks to you. I LOVED your Road Trip story! Talk about being in the
groove! Your friend Dakota sounds amazing.
But does he (do you) ride the wave of Tao with these synchronicities or are
you creating the events by expecting them? The latter wouldn't be the case in
instances like the girl who you gave the key to, as you didn't expect it, you
just went somewhere on a hunch. But even in that case, was it she, in her need,
who created the event? Dakota's certainty that he would run into Joni Mitchell
could be explained as expectation creating reality. I wrote a ten-lesson course
on that subject: "Imaginate Your Way to a Better Life."
I don't deny the reality of Tao-surfing, though. If we create reality (and I
think we do), we create it on those waves. All hail to the Tao and the magic of
the moment! Thanks for some wonderful reading, Turq.
- Bronte
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