It had been two solid months since I had composed a note of music, that is, until I sat down this week to rehearse with my-self.  The moment I picked up my instrument, fresh substances began to pour out of it as if I had opened a release valve!  It was a complete surprise, as I had not even contemplated the creation of new material.  It is a most unusual process, this manifesting something from nothing!  In reverence for that Universal Mind of which I can only ever know my part, I surrendered to the process which has systematically rendered all of my best works.  This process is what many call ‘stream of consciousness’ wherein I abandon all rational thought, allowing subject-matter to rise up out of my sub-conscious.  It is often very revealing as to the thoughts and feelings which I have unknowingly suppressed.  In this particular writing session, I found my sub-mind insistent upon composing material of a geo-political nature. 

I am not a fan of the latest trend in political eye-wear called ‘Blinders’.  They have recently come into vogue with the promise of obstructing one’s view, to effectively block out any ‘bad’.  But what you are not informed-of in these crafty advertisements is that this hip new product concurrently blocks out the Good while dimming-down your perception of reality!  You might be walking around this very instant completely in the dark, with an illusion of safety as if you are crouched-down in a closet during a tornado, when you might in actuality be stepping out in front of a steam engine!  Alas, there is no tornado, but only the scientific prophecy of one greater than man has ever known, accompanied by sound means of prevention – ‘Climate Change’.

Before I continue, you must know that I have no political affiliation.  I have found that it is my role to always see humanity as a single unified body, the ‘Body of God’ if you will.  You can be certain that any political stance which I might take is the product of my own philosophies and ideals, as well as empirical understandings of certain irrefutable Universal Laws of Nature.  One of these Laws is that of Cause and Effect which could be stated as Newton’s Third Law: “To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”.  The Buddhists call it ‘Niyamas’: “Orange trees grow from orange seeds – apple trees from apple seeds.  Why do you think good will grow from evil seeds”?  It is absurd to pretend that nearly two-hundred years of pumping Carbon Dioxide into an atmosphere that does not naturally manage such high levels of the gas would not invoke some sort of adverse ‘change’!  Rationality aside, since the scientific evidence at this point is irrefutable that the Earth’s climate has warmed as a result of industrialism; one must bury his head completely in the sand to deny it.  But why would one do this?!  I believe it started as an innocent fear of change (knowing deep-down that change is inevitable) and an innocent fear of loss (protection of one’s interests); but it has now reached the point of paralyzed and polarized partisanship (clenching desperately to a boulder that is also falling off the cliff).  All people are inherently good!  I’ll go down to your Devil’s lair and shout it in his face!  We all do the best we can with the tools that are at our disposal.  None of you who are stumbling around with those silly-looking blinders on really want the destruction of the world, yet your actions are calling for it.  Yea, I say take them off!  See the Good!  Know that your thoughts and actions are creative!  Own this power and use it for Good!  Global responsibility and fiscal responsibility are spokes of the same wheel.  God is the center.

With Love,
Mr. J.S. Hazelwood

Dear wandering soul,

I find it particularly synchronistic that you have found your way into my presence on this day. You startled me with your tireless knocking upon my chamber door! I was delighted to find you there at my threshold rather than the badgering solicitor of wares who has regularly been trying to sell me some idea of want and worry. Yours is the only other face I have seen in ages! Tell me, where have you traveled from? You must have many fascinating stories to share! Do come in and sit down.

I hope you find these suitable environs for your aesthetic. I am in the process of remodeling and have only recently removed the scaffolding. There is still much work to be done, yet I am feeling rather accomplished by the transformation that has gone on here. So tell me friend…from whence do you come? Your eyes speak of some remote place where Truth and Experience oft collide. By what mode of transportation have you advanced through time and space so as to brighten my door at this very hour? I have heard tale of one’s consciousness traveling on a wire. Do you know of this phenomenon? My dear friend, I have not ventured beyond my quarters since the dawn of this New Era! Pray, tell me of these mystics who can command the image of any person or place to illuminate within their crystals. I am told that they also possess the magical ability to instantaneously ‘go’ wherever their imaginations might go. Have you encountered such gross manipulations of nature in your meanderings? Do tell!

[The wanderer never did sit down, but paced the room while gazing upon the few pieces of artwork which I have recently placed on display. He mumbled something about his ‘status update’ which I can only suppose was a reference to a recent inheritance or other windfall. Then, without bidding me good-bye, the stranger disappeared. ]

Mr. Hazelwood