The Word is "Avoidance."

The word is "Avoidance."

I mean, I know, in the 60's the Fab Four sang:  "... have you heard, the word is Love?" 

We all thought Love was the word, the word is Love. That's what J. Lennon and the Beatles told us, (oh yeah, Jesus, more biblically, and less musically, told us too), but nope, at this time, on this day, the word is "Avoidance."

What will we avoid today?
What will we not do?
Where will we not go?
Who will we not meet?
How many folks will we intentionally avoid on the street?

"Serpentine, Serpentine!" It all about evasive action. What a world.

The a.m. soundtrack - Mile Davis' "Jack Johnson" (1971). A great, genre-busting record. A big bold powerful sound. Rock, Funk, Jazz, Groove. Some considered it "radical" at the time. Miles' music for a documentary about the great, mythic early 20th century boxer. Two long  tracks, 50 mins of music. Some folks called it, and derided it as "fusion." No sense putting it in a box. It is just music. Played by the finest musicians imaginable. It is not "traditional jazz." An incredible lineup of players. The great electric guitarists  John McLaughlin & Sonny Sharrock, keyboards by Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, Michael Henderson bass (funky & slinky), and the fabulous drummers Jack DeJohnette and Billy Cobham. To these ears just perfect. Miles had the vision to bridge all borders.  He was always an innovator, unafraid to explore and take the music in new directions. This sounds fabulous this a.m. Snow is falling, I'm thinking about what I'm not gonna do today. Don't even want to enter the ring. Embracing the vibes, avoiding everything else.