I just watched this documentary called Being Elmo about Kevin Clash, you might not know his name but you certainly know his work, he’s the guy behind universally renowned Sesame Street Elmo character. Now this may sound odd to all you jaded old folks but the story is absolutely inspiring. I won’t say much about it but it’s great story about a guy who never let the insignificant normalities of society hinder his limitless imagination. We ALL have this power but for some reason or another many of us stifle our unique dispositions to fit in, we suppress our questionable natures by learning to take things as they are and I couldn’t think of a greater crime to an individuals self-realization. Anyways, watch the movie and be reminded of what that’s like.
She’ll catch me in my zone, she’ll catch me in my dreams…
Jesse Boykins III’s Zoner couldn’t be more appropriate for this subject. At face value the song is about an artists trying to protect his most intimate and vulnerable self from his lover because he doesn’t want to have explain it and be misunderstood. Ironically, I’ve never quite heard someone explain it like Jesse did in tho song and if you make music, paint or whatever this is going to connect with you. We own our thoughts yet how many times do we redirect our own inclinations considering how others will feel about it. How crazy is that? We haven’t even developed the thought and it’s stopped dead in it’s tracks because of what other might think. Can you imagine how many great ideas and revolutionary concepts never came into existence because of this insecurity. We all have the same mental capacity but the so-called norm is literally made to suppress that, I can’t get with that. Almost everything great has come from some sort of free spirited rebellious thinking so never fear your own mind, believe it or not thoughts are things and what you think, chose not to think or think negatively of will completely shape your reality. Fear not the zoner in you my friends, enjoy.