Journal #37

What do I see while listening to Blue Monk?  Initially I visualize a bald monk in blue robes playing the saxophone.  The saxophone is shiny and the monk is getting into it.  He is wearing ray bans that are black and you cannot see his eyes.  I'm sure they would be absolutely crazed if we could, though.  I also see one of the Blue Monks friends playing the drums.  Although he is the Green Monk.  He is wearing green monk robes but has a full head of hair because he is a rebel.  He has light sabers for drumsticks and is playing an all white drum set.  They are friends, but not too good of friends.  They like to hang out with all of the other monks together, but usually they don't hang out just the two of them, UNLESS they are playing music together like right now.  Otherwise it would just be weird.  They are now in a park.  It's a day much like today.  About 60 degrees with lots of sunshine and perfect weather for a hoody and shorts.  Although they are in robes, so it's a tad hot, but they don't care because it's just them and the music right now.  Both musicians have shed their sunglasses now and we can finally see their eyes, which is the window to the soul.  We can see that both want to break free from the monk life.  They are not meant to be monks, but jazz musicians.  They are yearning on the inside to break their vows and take up what they truly love.  They made vows, though, and breaking them would be simply unbearable no matter how much they want to. Right now, they aren't thinking about that, though; At least not consciously, maybe subconsciously.  They're just playing the music.  They are one with the music. Now enters a bass!  This monk is very plump.  He does not wear sunglasses, but rather uses his eyes as a tool, using them to convey his feelings while he plays, too.  All three monks are playing as one, now.  I can see them in the park, the drummer sitting down, the saxophone standing and rocking out, the bass just chiliin and being all cool, and a pianist sitting to the side embracing the moment.