I occasionally jam with a banjo man. He’s a gentle giant, has raised his children, is kind to my own, and enjoys playing music in his retirement.

When I started this journey, he sent me a kind note of encouragement and an idea from the late, Jiddu Krishnamurti:

“seeking drives aways the sought”

 

It made me ask myself, “WHAT DO I SEEK?”

I couldn’t say.

But I can feel it, seeking me.

Like a child lost at the zoo, surrounded by terrible beauties and beautiful terrors, I’ll hold my ground firm, until it, like a good parent, arrives to collect me. This requires restraint, patience, and very, VERY, open eyes.

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So whilst we’re waiting in this zoo together, (…And JUST IN CASE you think the banjo is not the most thought provoking, philosophical instrument around), I leave you with a couple of songs from another friend of mine…

An exercise in restraint. With the exception of the introduction and ending, this tune is composed from a palette of 9 harmonics.

I love this one, too…