> "Lori Fye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wasn't there > an interview in which Joni mentioned that an Indian or shaman told her > that her smoking keeps her "grounded" or keeps her "from > disappearing"? (Does anyone else remember this?)
This makes sense to me. I was taught something similar by my own spiritual teacher, only she said it's a reason many very spiritual people eat meat (when you'd think they would be the ones with the most compassion for living creatures). It lowers the vibration of energy in your body so that you literally stay more grounded, less "out there." When we did a course in psychic/spiritual development, there was a live-in weekend when we ate only vegetarian fare. That was specifically so we could more easily perceive spirit, spirit beings (guides, etc.) whose "bodies" vibrate so fast that they are not consciously perceived by most of us, whose bodies are vibrating more slowly... which makes us solid, as we are. If indeed we are squelching some of our personal power by eating meat or smoking or drinking, one can only imagine what genius our Joan is repressing/ dampering down (woodstove heaven in my house) in order to stay "in her body." I know this will sound like gobbledygook to some, while to others it is simple and understood. To me, it makes perfect sense. > For some reason, I think Joni would be offended if her statue did not > include a cigarette. Maybe I'm wrong, but she does want it to be a > true likeness, and I think that means "warts" and all. What if Joni gives up smoking one day? I would not be surprised if there is a part of her that wishes she could, regardless of any belligerence she expresses at the idea of being preached at, or if one day she simply said "I've smoked enough, I'm done with it." People do. Would she then be glad to see her statue immortalizing her as a smoker? Maybe she'd prefer the focus be on the soul-stirring music she has created, which will be sung for centuries after she's gone. That is what she is famous, admired, and loved for in the first place, outside of her personal relationships. Not her smoking, not her voice, not her beauty, not her brilliant conversation. Her music. It's true a statue of Jimi Hendrix probably would show him with a guitar, not a needle stuck in his arm to remind future generations of his addiction. Kate du Nord
