This blog was created to give me a space to journal about the incredible experiences I've had and continue to have researching the life and art of Joni Mitchell. Call it obsession but since a young age I've been completely entranced by the beauty and honesty of Joni Mitchell's art, including her music, her painting, her philosophy on life, and her intensity of spirit.
My involvement in this search for Joni Mitchell has brought me friends, bold adventures, hours of frustrating and sometimes richly rewarding scrutiny into her method of guitar playing, and also a place to meditate about my own life, the sometimes lonely, sometimes transcendent, revelations that have brought me to where I am today. Not all of these experiences, outwardly or inwardly have been about Joni Mitchell, but about my life, and what it means to be honest, courageous and willing to take the path no matter where it leads.
The Wanderer refers to the I Ching symbol of the 56th Hexagram. The book says "Strange lands and separation are the Wanderer's lot." The feeling this meditation conveys is one that reminds me of the song Hejira, where she sings "I'm traveling in some vehicle, I'm sitting in some cafe, a defector of the petty wars, that shell shock love away ..." Joni Mitchell is a frequent reader of the I Ching and even had its symbols carved into a guitar she had custom made. You can see the image below, with the symbol of the Wanderer on the top left of the sound hole.
This is my first post ... I hope to continue to be able to write about this incredible journey as it unfolds.
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