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A Spy on the Wall.

Many of you know that I'm not one to keep silent especially when I see injustice, but I think I've forgotten what that word means so I'm going to do a little writing to bring back to my memory what exactly it is that we consider right and what exactly is wrong. When I think of freedom of speech the first picture I get in my head is someone standing in London on a soap box and speaking 'freely', but we live in  society that even on a blog like this one there are restrictions to what you say and what you can't say so I will only speak freely, as relatively free as I can. I personally believe that the world is not progressing but regressing and people in church, people at work, people in hospitals, people at home, those who haven't been affected by the 21st century post modernity bug will be able to recognize that this is a call the speak your mind, as freely as you can.

I just finished reading the biography of John Lennon, it was written by an English author and was completed in 2008 when it was published. There were many things from Johns life that I really enjoyed reading about, his first wife, his life as a Beatle, his battle with drugs, his relationship with other musicians, his relationship with his fans, and how he sort of felt he had to sell out originally when he became a Beatle. I don't think 'sell out' was a word they used then, but he was happy to restrict himself for the sake of earning a living as a musician, originally.

What shocked me was the relationship he had with his second wife Yoko Ono. I must say that the romantic ideas that she and he shared were inspiring for someone like me who thinks that sometimes nobody really understands where I'm coming from..must express myself.. After I finished reading the book I went onto the Internet to look up some video by his son Sean, then Julian. Some pretty interesting videos are out there right now I don't know exactly how old they are but I loved the one with Yoko talking about how she still grieves over the death of her husband, but what was sort of shocking to me was what was going on in new york with certain artifacts of John's death, that that wonderful and still shocking widow of his was willing to display in some gallery in New York.

I didn't even realize that Johns murder, or I had forgot that he was taken from this earth in the early 80's, not 70's as I had thought. In my opinion John Lennon was a genius, not just a rock star as many people see him. It was a fan who took his life, and his fan was a devout christian. John Lennon still lives through his music and when I was a little younger his music really spoke to me and still does when I am inspired to listen to him. I love John Lennon, I love his music, I love the face that he had a caring and crazy personality and he still is and will always be the greatest influence in my own artistic life. His life was full and he was a true artist, someone to emulate for sure. And Yoko, I love her too.

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