In 1987 Kiefer had the idea to drive cross-country from LA to Savannah so he could have his new Saab while shooting the film “1969”.  It sounded like a blast actually, since  neither of us had ever done anything like that before.  The next day we set out on our journey.  Along the way we had some pretty comical situations, confrontations, bar fights etc.  The photo above was in Oklahoma City along the way.

Driving from Atlanta to Savannah eventually, the night was very dark.  We were surrounded by trees and forest.  I thought it might be fun to turn the lights off just to see how dark it actually was, and it went pitch black.  Like kids, you let go of the handlebars and hope you don’t crash.  We drove as far and long as we could in total darkness until we feared running off the road or hitting a tree.  Silly youth!

Anyway, that moment was the inspiration for a song of mine called “Open Road” – “Black road, Georgia trees… Midnight moon just stay with me”

A beautiful experience I doubt i’d ever be able to repeat, but glad it happened 🙂

I wrote this song a few years ago but finally cut it properly, with the legendary JR Robinson on drums, wow… and Chris Lord-Alge mixing.

The photo was shot around the time I was getting the parts together, complete with sweater-muted Gibson 335 and banjo doing 16th notes (12th notes?) and a potpourri of other instrument guests in my studio.

The lyrics and song are on soundcloud and I’ll keep it up as a sneak-peek for a couple of weeks, as my records take me time!

Cheers-
Jude

What makes one person’s dream more powerful than another person?

It appears to be the connection to visualization without too much interference.  This could be doubt, fear, anxiety or just general negativity like a ‘been there done that’ mentality.

Upon reflection, many dreams that have come true in my own life did so without me wishing for it.  It was just a pleasant thought that was fun to mock up in my head without pressure.  Daydreaming.  Not “I want” or “One day I’ll have”, but just a daydream of being, doing, loving the thing you love.

Ones that have not come true have usually been for one of three reasons;  Either I didn’t really want it, or I wanted it so much that my continuous intention kept pushing it away like a magnet pushes away another magnet of the same polarity.  Or I may have kept the “I want” in front of it, which to the subconscious always keeps it one or two steps away, just out of reach.

Moral of the story:  Have fun with your dreams like being young with no real route or understanding of how to access it, but you visualize it anyway.  Quantum daydreaming!

Just a Sunday thought.  Carry on.  New spin coming soon 🙂