--- Victor Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Victor, our sweet minstrel of peace and love wrote:
> I believe that talking, love, and music(JM included) can change > things. I > was at the NE jonifest and it definately changed me in many ways. I > attended a festival a week later that changed me even more, a > festival > where a friend of mine died from a heartattack while I was playing on > stage. I felt the energy that is created when 80 people gather > together or > when several hundred all gather together, thinking feeling the same > vibe > sharing love and music. It is real, very real and is nothing to > knock. > > I feel that energy everyday. I have been through hell but have never > stopped believing in dreams and love and the power of music. If > enough > people believe the same thing then they will make a difference. Air > has > been here for thousands and millions of years and does not belong to > anyone. > and I am moved to respond with: I agree with your passionate response Victor, and am with you. I also need to thank you Claudia for providing the phone number which gives some of us a chance to do 'something' instead of sitting back and feeling helplessly hopeless, with things out of our hands for the most part. And thanks for creating a stepping stone where discussion and dreams of the possibility of peace rather than a war on Iraq can begin to come to the surface. I may not be up on all the politics of the situation, I am definitely a dreamer, and maybe I dont have any or all of the answers. I do know that there are alternatives and they do exist in this world today. It takes a village. I was there at our village, the NE Joni Fest and it was and remains living, loving proof of the power of music, love, friendship. How else can you possibly explain the draw, the year round longing to be together again, even for the few cherished fragments of conversation, hugs, deepening friendships. As Victor said, a place of Life altering, soul altering changes. A community of loving, caring people. Peace can begin in such spaces. I believe that. Ive felt it. Ive felt the international connections made that cannot be broken. The Fest was a surreal and yet very real weekend consisting of 80 people travelling from literally all over the world, (how many countries Uncle John :-)... anyway...peace is possible. our community demonstrates that reality each time we meet. Mags, living, breathing, believing in peace. > > > > > > --- Victor Johnson > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Roses wait for the springtime, > They sleep beneath the ground. > They hear March winds a callin' > For the sun to come around."vlj > > Visit http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson ===== You open my heart, you do. Yes you do. - JM Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
