From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #142 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Monday, April 15 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 142 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Instagram 2 [kbhla@fastmail.fm] Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #477 [Don ] Re: Instagram number 2 ["gene" ] RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #479/ Joni Photo [Mary Morris Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #477 I was lucky enough to see Jon Anderson play a solo gig in Sydney last week and he did Moon Ra. It was just Jon and a nylon string guitar, a strumstick a ukulele and the piano and 2hr 45mins of sublime music. He was one of the bets concerts for a long time. Don Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:01:35 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson, njc I was cleaning records tonight and came across an LP I haven't played for too long, "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson. I liked it so well that I bought a backup copy. He had lots of good ideas back then and I always enjoy this record. There are lots of ambient backgrounds on this but I like the minimalist melodies he put on top. Maybe others would call this an ambient record but not me. My favorite track is "Moon Ra / Chords / Song of Search". It's available as a CD or as MP3s on Amazon. iTunes has it too. Jim L'Hommedieu - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #477 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:19:01 -0700 From: "gene" Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 As always, wonderful insight Mark. I don't believe this photo was staged eventhough I can figure out what the dog is doing on the table---other than the fact that she is giving her companion and best friend some attention. Joni is forever timeless and beautiful. gene - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" To: "Marianne Rizzo" ; "joni list" Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:24 PM Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 > Wow. This image fascinates me. The positioning of the dog and the > ceramic frog ashtray (dog and frog?) create a diagonal slope with Joni's > head at the top. And then there's the positioning of that strange looking > mirror in the front. The shape creates another visual balance point in > the composition of the picture. The frog also has an oval shape in it's > back. And then there's the face of the strange figure that forms the base > of the mirror, looking in the opposite direction that Joni is. I wonder > if Joni is looking in the mirror at the image she is creating for this > photograph? Or is she just looking down at the dog? Her left eye seems > to droop which does make her look sad. It also accentuates that visual > slope. Maybe it's just the camera angle or the position of her head. > > Of course I'm talking a lot through my you know what because I'm no expert > on photographic or any other kind of visual artistic composition. Given > some wisdom (questionable) and a lot of jive, here. > > I will admit that she looks much older than her actual age. It makes me > think that whatever health struggle she went through, be it Morgellons or > something else, took a toll on her. I don't recall seeing any pictures of > her during the time we were hearing about that. We got her words > occasionally in this or that interview, but until recently, I don't > remember seeing current images of her. > > Maybe she lay down golden in time but woke up before vanishing completely. > I am very grateful for that. > > Lots of feelings about this one. Ever since Joni has been appearing in > public again, to me there seems to have been an almost drastic change. > But maybe it's just me. The story about lifting up her chin to see how > she would look if she had cosmetic surgery made me laugh the first time I > read it because I sometimes stand in front of the bathroom mirror and do > the same thing with the top of my face. What if the bags and lines around > my eyes were tightened up and smoothed away? (my beard hides most of what > gravity has done on the bottom ;-) Then I think of two people in > particular, Cher and Joan Rivers. For awhile their faces had this weird > look like they were waxworks figures or mannequins. Now they just look > strange, even grotesque. I'm so glad Joni was wise enough never to have > done that to herself. > > I do think there is beauty in the faces of older human beings. There is > something about these photos of Joni from Instagram that touches a chord > of familiarity with me. Makes me think of a great aunt who lived into her > 90s, only because she was someone I knew and loved from my childhood, not > because Joni resembles her. > > But Joni is not in her 90s. She's not 70 yet. She's a little bit over 10 > years older than I am. It seems that the changes in appearance that time > brings about have accelerated for me in the last ten years. What will I > look like in 10 years? > > As I said before, I have never met her. I know the people who met her up > in British Columbia for the PWWAM viewing seemed just as enthralled with > her as if they were meeting that bold young woman who recently created > such wonders as 'For the Roses' and 'Hejira'. No matter what the outward > appearance is, the same soul must still be in there. I sometimes look in > the mirror and wonder, though. Is that same person still in there today > that was there 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago? To borrow a line from a Judy > Collins song, I often feel 'imprisoned in your bones behind the ising > glass windows of your eyes.' My body is aging and there are certainly > aspects of that that I don't like. But I'm stuck in here for now and I am > most certainly not ready to leave yet. > > I guess what all this rambling boils down to is that I often wish I had a > time machine so I could go back and actually meet the woman I remember > being so fascinated with in my 20s and have the chance to actually > experience that clear soprano voice that reached so deeply into me. > > But although that is not possible, that woman is still there. Her spirit > still resides in that body in spite of whatever changes time has wrought > on it. Making art of one kind or another is an indestructible part of > that spirit. And once again, the photograph in question looks like an > attempt to create a work of art. > > Something just occurred to me on looking at the picture again that is > probably way off the mark. > > He is three > One's in the middle unmoved > Waiting to show what he sees > To the other two > > And the dog is a mutt of the planet? > > Nah. Mark is just full of it more than usual tonight. > > Mark in Seattle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marianne Rizzo > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 6:46 PM > To: joni list > Subject: Instagram number 2 > > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > Look ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:36:40 -0700 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #479/ Joni Photo Push so many buttons is what I meant to type. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:47:22 +0100 > Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #479/ Joni Photo > From: lawntreader@googlemail.com > To: joni2city@hotmail.com > CC: joni@smoe.org > > Mary, I have to say I flinched when I read your post. It's a little > about Joni, but equally about my own struggles with ageing. I know > Catherine said a few bits and bobs about ageing recently and I know I > find it hard. You say it's sad to see someone get old. I could ask why > it's so hard to accept something that is part of life, completely > natural and inescapable. I know there are lots of comments on Joni.com > from Joni herself about ageing. Why does it have to be 'sad'? My hair > is now completely grey. Do I dye it? I have jowls, dark rings etc. > etc. Do I get them lifted or prize every wrinkle as a manifestation of > my journey through life? Today, you could show me the way to the > plastic surgeon because I feel so scared about my march towards Death. > Yet tomorrow, I may be more accepting. Damien Hirst said why bother > with moisturiser when in 50 years you'll be a skull? (I am reaching > for the Oil of Olay as we speak :~) > > Joni is no longer the woman of my/our youth. The transitions Joni has > made in her music from that high pitched voice of LOC, through to the > maturity of 'Hejira' the extraordinary music of DJRD or Mingus, > through to the simplicity of 'Shine' - all of it feels like I am > witness to her journey, too. Joni may have struggled to be in life > without the drug of her choice, she may not be able to sing like > others from her time (Baez or Emmylou) and she may have a turkey neck. > But, to me, she remains immensely human. When I look at the photos, I > feel hopeful that I can manage my own ageing, like her, in a way that > respects the true turning of the Wheel and the truth of my own life > journey, > Anita > > On 14/04/2013, Mary Morris wrote: > > My first impression of the first photo in the kitchen was that Joni looked > > soooo old. That turkey neck - it was something my gramma had in her 90's - - > > not in her 60's. I wanted to give Joni a "Lifestyle Lift" - just the neck. > > But now that the pictures are out, you can't do it. I like the second > > instagram better. Both show Joni looking like Joni's always looked - that > > peculiar way of looking & seeing that she has, along with the distinctive > > mouth - there were moments in Joni's youth that I thought she looked older > > & > > very striking. It's sad to see someone get old. You know the cigarettes > > take > > their toll on the skin & such & I don't like that aspect. I would love to > > see > > her with her grandchildren, all smiles, you know ? I think it's nice we > > get > > to see these, though. > > > > GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire > > meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #142 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe