I love Joni Mitchell’s music for so many reasons, but the songs that capture me the most are the ones that express her restlessness and her longing for stability. She released an entire album about it, Hejira, in 1976. If you made me pick one of her recordings for a desert-island exile, it would be…… Continue reading On Joni Mitchell, restlessness, & blooming where I’m planted
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Migrate, mutate, adapt, or die
A series, probably When I was in my late teens or early 20s I saw somewhere a sticker with the slogan: Migrate, Mutate, Adapt, or Die. It summed it all up for me. The first three options are survival mechanisms, for individuals and especially for species. The last is the “or else” statement. I can…… Continue reading Migrate, mutate, adapt, or die