...good grief, what strange days are these, indeed?!? Though I'm extremely lucky to be living here on my beloved Kaua'i, where by swift measures and new rules contagion has been contained (so far, so good, anyway), the reality is that the daily buzz of the whole island has ceased...which is wonderful in a way ('paradise rediscovered'!) but upsetting and unsettling in another (nobody's getting paid because people are laid off work, police check-points to ensure folks are only out 'n about for approved reasons are psychologically jarring, and the overall high anxiety hanging in the atmosphere almost everywhere is invasive and all-pervasive!). As much compassion as I have with my friends and family in Britain, the USA, Germany and Italy, it's reached the point where I deliberately refuse to watch the news because it's too distressing, and it doesn't help anything to be distressed; those who are in a position to be of service are all already doing their best, bless them. So I'm trying to reclaim my core artiste-self, so I can screen some of this anxiety out and focus on creating again, as this is the best way I can be of service, yes? I've been going deep(!) within and noticing my Ur-thoughts and feelings surfacing...as, I suspect, are most of us at this time... :) ...and beneath that initial layer which Humankind at this moment in time seems to be sharing, I'm tapping into a well-spring which wants to be expressed unfriviously, i.e. it's time for these cumulative thoughts and observations to be taken seriously (or so says the Artiste in me!). But right now, these things are still fomenting...which is way better than when they were just tormenting, haha! (which was approximately a week or so ago!). It's about human evolution. One of the things I admired about the late, great John Lennon wasn't even so much his songs (though he certainly wrote and sang some for the ages), but his awakening to the understanding that there needs to be a way for the world to live in peace, to replace all the feuding and fighting with a better, happier way of being. I wonder how far along he'd be in that process now (perhaps already is 'on the other side'?), and whether anyone other singer-songwriter has taken his torch, and if so, will they take it to the next level? Or is the music business these days strictly about entertainment, not enlightenment? Hmmmm.... ...and PS, yes, I DO have a channel on YouTube with many more of my songs (and some funky home-made videos, too)! ;) Unfortunately, NumberOneMusic won't let me post the link(!), but if you go to YouTube and type in EveKauai, it should come up. https://www.youtube.com/user/EveKauai