From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1453 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, November 25 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1453 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Don't It Always Seem to Go? [Laura Stanley ] Lyric to Shine [Anita Gabrielle ] RE: Lyric to Shine ["Susan E. McNamara" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:12:35 +0000 (UTC) From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: Don't It Always Seem to Go? YES ANITA!!!!! Different angles are good. B We can't see all at the same time. B Please, add your's. Love and hugs,Laura Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 8:41 AM To: joni Subject: Don't It Always Seem To Go? Ahhhhh, sweet synchronicity. How many times have we talked about Joni and synchronicity here? So, my new all women band played our very first gig last night and I have to say we went down a storm. So I am pretty wired when I get home and feel full and pleased and delighted that our trip to see the Mutts perform Hejira and the Monday sing song on Dave and Robin's porch (and in particular MrBlackburn's pep talk) has led me back to playing again. I get waves of how fortunate I am and feel choked up with joy and so grateful to JMDL and JMDLERS. And then through the night I start thinking I really should submit an abstract of some kind for the University of Lincoln conference about Joni and see if I can get something accepted. Then I imagine myself presenting my paper at the Conference and being so overwhelmed at even trying to explain what all this has meant to me for the past 46 years....... Anyway, this morning I started to play with some ideas for a paper and then thought I am being ridiculous. What could I say or add about Joni that hasn't been said or done? Then Steph says "there aren't many who know more about Joni's music than you" and, I thought, well there are quite a few..........but I was grateful for her encouragement, nonetheless. So off she goes to get the Sunday paper and I thought "Give me a sign. Then I'll know what to do." Ten minutes later, Steph comes in with the London Sunday Times, we sit down for breakfast, I open the paper and head straight for the Culture magazine, as I do every Sunday, and on the front cover is full picture of Joni, (The Lonely Painter) and a three page interview by Bryan Appleyard titled "Portrait of a Genius."B What do you reckon? Shall I go for it? Happy Sunday AnitaB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:00:02 +0000 From: Anita Gabrielle Subject: Lyric to Shine I was thinking about some of the great discussions about lyrics that have occurred from time to time here on JMDL (Edith and the Kingpin, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, the perennial Don't Interrupt The Sorrow etc) and I was considering Shine. I know many can't believe that Joni stooped to This Little Light of Mine" kind of level, but I have a soft spot for this pedestrian dirge. I was particularly focussed on the lines at the end: "Shine on the pioneers Those seekers of mental health Craving simplicity They traveled inward Past themselves... May all their little lights shine" Probably as an acknowledged seeker of mental health myself, I wondered why Joni might refer to these/us particular seekers as "pioneers" and what is it to travel inwards and 'past' oneself. And passed or past oneself to where? I love the idea of "craving simplicity" when one's mental state is precarious. Anyway, I'd really welcome your insights/ideas about this, With my little light shining through a chilly November day, Anita ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:00:35 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Lyric to Shine Those seekers of mental health ... this is an interesting concept for me since I've found out over the past couple of years that mental illness runs in my family. My uncle is schizophrenic and my nephew, sadly, has just been diagnosed. I wonder if Joni is talking about the mental illness that happens genetically or the mental illness that happens through dealing with the chaos and madness in life. Those seekers of mental health to me, are people who gravitate toward a more healthy way of dealing with the noise, the chaos, the injustice and the madness of life. Yes, I say, let their big light shine!! :-) Plus lets support a more civil and healthy way of dealing with our family members and neighbors who suffer from the genetic forms of mental illness. They really need our help and not a perpetuation of stigma. Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Anita Gabrielle Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:00 AM To: joni Subject: Lyric to Shine I was thinking about some of the great discussions about lyrics that have occurred from time to time here on JMDL (Edith and the Kingpin, Shades of Scarlett Conquering, the perennial Don't Interrupt The Sorrow etc) and I was considering Shine. I know many can't believe that Joni stooped to This Little Light of Mine" kind of level, but I have a soft spot for this pedestrian dirge. I was particularly focussed on the lines at the end: "Shine on the pioneers Those seekers of mental health Craving simplicity They traveled inward Past themselves... May all their little lights shine" Probably as an acknowledged seeker of mental health myself, I wondered why Joni might refer to these/us particular seekers as "pioneers" and what is it to travel inwards and 'past' oneself. And passed or past oneself to where? I love the idea of "craving simplicity" when one's mental state is precarious. Anyway, I'd really welcome your insights/ideas about this, With my little light shining through a chilly November day, Anita ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1453 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------