MAGIC MICHAEL

 “MY IDEA OF MAGIC DOESN’T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH STAGE TRICKS AND dangerous threeILLUSIONS.  THE WHOLE WORLD ABOUNDS IN MAGIC.  WHEN A WHALE PLUNGES OUT OF THE SEA LIKE A NEWBORN MOUNTAIN, YOU GASP IN UNEXPECTED DELIGHT.  WHAT MAGIC!  BUT A TODDLER WHO SEES HIS FIRST TADPOLE FLASHING IN A MUD PUDDLE FEELS THE SAME THRILL.  WONDER FILLS HIS HEART, BECAUSE HE HAS GLIMPSED FOR AN INSTANT THE PLAYFULNESS OF LIFE.loved

WHEN I SEE THE CLOUDS WHISKED AWAY FROM A SNOW-CAPPED PEAK, I FEEL LIKE SHOUTING, ‘BRAVO!’  NATURE, THE BEST OF ALL MAGICIANS, HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER THRILL.  SHE HAS EXPOSED THE REAL ILLUSION, OUR INABILITY TO BE AMAZED BY HER WONDERS.  EVERY TIME THE SUN RISES, NATURE IS REPEATING ONE COMMAND: ‘BEHOLD!’  HER MAGIC IS INFINITELY LAVISH, AND IN RETURN ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS APPRECIATE IT.

WHAT DELIGHT NATURE MUST FEEL WHEN SHE MAKES STARS OUT OF SWIRLING GAS AND EMPTY SPACE.  SHE FLINGS THEM LIKE SPANGLES FROM A VELVET CAPE, A BILLION REASONS FOR US TO AWAKEN IN PURE JOY.  WHEN WE OPEN OUR HEARTS AND APPRECIATE ALL SHE HAS GIVEN US, NATURE FINDS HER REWARD.  THE SOUND OF APPLAUSE ROLLS ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, AND SHE BOWS.  Dancing the Dream  Michael Jackson 1992toes

“I love to create magic…to put together something that’s so unusual, so unexpected that it blows people’s heads off.  Something ahead of the times.  Five steps ahead of what people are thinking.  So people see it and say, ‘Whoa, I wasn’t expecting that!'” Michael Jackson Man in the Music  Joseph Vogel 2011

“Michael Jackson’s art transcended every way that human beings have thought of to separate themselves, and then healed those divisions, at least at the instant that we all shared his music as the GLOBALLY UNDERSTOOD GRAMMAR OF HOPE.  You didn’t have to speak English to understand Michael.  His language, as hokey as it sounds, was the language of joy and love.”  Michael Eric Dyson Ebony Magazinehope

“I don’t think I have ever worked with an artist that can cause as much excitement as Michael.  When Bea and I have traveled with Michael to his concerts all over the world, we have often thought that we don’t know Michael Jackson, the performer, that amazing person on stage.  To experience the music that we have recorded together in a concert, with tens of thousands of people, in a foreign land, and feel the intensity of the emotions of the crowds, is something I can’t find the words to describe!  For someone like me, who usually only hears the music I’m involved with in the recording studio, to be on tour with Michael is a tremendous event.  I get chills just thinking about it.” Bruce Swedien  In the Studio with Michael Jackson 2009wembley

“It’s really extraordinary during the whole night emotion was high, a very personal emotion because I think people who heard or saw Michael Jackson once in their life, even if they aren’t close to that music, were touched by his appearance, his charm, the beauty of his music because the first thing that has to be said is that he was a great musician.”  Frederic Mitterand French Culture Minister

“Why we can’t take our eyes and minds off him?  Because he entered deeply in our souls, because he gave us everything, because he exploited himself until to exhaustion, he gave us new magic shows, because he was not turned back when offended or doubted, because he always turned more fascinating and more amazing to our delight, because he simply loved us with all his heart.”  It’s All About L.O.V.E.  THE FANSalone

     People who were lucky enough to have experienced being near him said that when he entered into a room the room changed.  People, children flocked to Michael.  People wanted to love him.  His love for humanity was evident in the way he treated every single person he met.  He had no ego.  He was very humble.  He was a teacher with a message.badeight

“He reached and touched the entire world with his music.  His body was the vessel through which he channeled the white hot energy of universal love…the life force or God’s Glory… his everlasting hope and love for mankind.  He wanted everyone to see this connectedness, this bond that we all share with one another, the animals, the trees, everything on the planet…the moon, the stars and the universe.  We are all one.” An Angel Among Us We Called Him Michael Jackson  Ms.Elizabeth Michelle Billeaudeaux prince charming2010

“He’s incredible.  He’s a genius.  Just to be in the same room with him, I felt everything I wanted to accomplish in life had been achieved…That aura…that’s how incredible that aura is.  The way he thinks.  Some artists think regional, some think national, I was thinking international, HE THINKS PLANETS!  I wish the world could have just seen Mike the person.”  Akon “Right On!”

“HERE IS MY EXPERIENCE WITH TRUTH.  DID YOU EVER FEEL JUST TOO TIRED OR SICK TO GO TO WORK?  OR MAYBE SOMETHING DRAMATIC HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GO TO WORK.  AFTER 27 YEARS, I HAD DAYS LIKE THAT, EVEN WITH MICHAEL.  BUT ONCE I ENTER THE ROOM, WHERE MICHAEL WAS, I WAS IMMEDIATELY ohhhhhh twoBATHED IN ENERGY.  HE WAS CONSTANTLY GIVING ENERGY.  HE WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT BEING THERE.  HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DANCE OR SING.  YOU COULD ALSO SEE, EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WAS AFFECTED BY THIS ENERGY ALSO.  I NEVER LEFT A JOB WORKING WITH MICHAEL DEPLETED.  I LEFT INSPIRED.  I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE FELT IT, TOO.”  Karen Faye-A Life Intersected 2010

“Michael Jackson was a stage magician. He was utterly euphoric, electrifying the audience with his trademark pop-and-lock dance.  He always took his performances ten steps beyond.  Instead of waving a magic wand, Michael used his hands and feet.  Dancing fiercely, he used them like props, extending his 120-pound frame with every dramatic movement, furthering the illusion that he was larger than life.  Living with intention and meaning was what motivated Michael. come Through the convictions Michael wrote and sang about, he inspired generations to seek a similar higher state of being.  And when he took his show on the road, the exchange of energy between Michael and his fans built a tight-knit, socially conscious community.  HIS MIND, LIKE THE SKY, SIMPLY KNEW NOT THE CONCEPT OF BOUNDARIES OR LIMITS.  LIMITATIONS, I LEARNED THROUGH HIM, ARE EITHER SELF-IMPOSED OR PREDICATED BY THE LIMITED VISION OF OTHERS.  MICHAEL DIDN’T BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE.” The King of Style Dressing Michael Jackson   Michael Bush 2012

“I’VE NEVER WITNESSED ANYTHING OR ANYONE AS POWERFUL AS MICHAEL”  SENSUALTeddy Riley

    Magnetism is defined as unusual power to attract, fascinate or influence.  The best magic doesn’t trick you…it makes you believe.  In my researching, I have come across countless people who felt a certain type of magic that Michael had…if you spent time with him, you were changed for the better.  I feel such a strong connection to them because I know the change that has happened to me.  The feelings are so very strong.  They come from studying the music, I mean really studying it.  They come from watching performances and getting lost in the beauty, talent and art…the showmanship.  They come from my very core. THEY TRULY COME FROM FEELING THE MAGIC.  Many have said that you just can’t get enough of Michael. I know I can’t.  There are good reasons for that…The depth, the tapestry, the layers, the inspiration, thebadso much truths, the genius, the sights and sounds, the never-ending surprises…all touch my heart and give me so very much to think about.  And, of course, JOY!  “TO ME, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY, GIVING THEM A RELEASE FROM THEIR PROBLEMS AND WORRIES, HELPING TO LIGHTEN THEIR LOAD.  I WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY FROM A PERFORMANCE I’VE DONE SAYING, ‘That was great!  I want to go back again.  I had a great time.’ To me, that’s what it’s all about.  That’s wonderful!”  MJ.  Michael succeeded in that goal over and over again.  We all leave wanting more.  That connection, that bond, we will talk about another time.  For now, I leave you with Michael’s words. Have a wonderful day.super bowl two

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“Michael Jackson sometimes compared the reciprocal energy of a performance to a Frisbee…’you hold it, you touch it, and you whip it back.’ Audiences, he believed, were more than passive spectators; they were a vibrant community, composed of all ages, races, religions, and cultures, standing shoulder to shoulder, temporarily bound up in the collective spell of his music, imagining the world anew.  ‘You can take them anywhere,’ he effused.  This was his gift as an brunei twoartist; the ability to dissolve into the stories, the emotions, the MAGIC of his music…and to take masses of people from all walks of life with him.  He called this creative BOND many things over the years:  ESCAPISM, ENTERTAINMENT, SHOWMANSHIP, ART.  BUT ULTIMATELY, FOR MICHAEL JACKSON, IT WAS ABOUT SHARING AND RECEIVING LOVE.”  Man in the Music  Joseph Vogel 2011fencing

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jumpI’M INTERESTED IN MAKING A PATH INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING A TRAIL AND THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO DO IN LIFE—IN EVERYTHING I DO.”  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_VmQzVF-CI

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“The idea is to take it a step forward and to innovate or else why am I doing it.  I don’t just want to be another can in the assembly line.  I want to create and do something that’s totally different and unusual.”  MTV Interview 1999handsome ten

I LOVE TO CREATE…TO MAKE MAGIC…TO DO THE UNEXPECTED.” MJ

     I’m not completely sure who decided that growing up meant growing old.  Who was it who gave the order to stop play, get serious and turn cynical.  To the world’s great good fortune, Michael Jackson was chosen for a different path.  Of his many gifts, love and an innocent spirit informed every fiber of his being.  Some confused  this spirit with weakness or naivete.  But, make no mistake, Michael was neither of these.  Those with limited knowledge interpreted these qualities as childish, a boy who never grew up.  But, when time is taken to really know the man, limited low-ceiling imaginations cannot bring truth.childrens conference 2

“I hear the whole entire song and arrangements in my head.  What each instrument is suppose to do.  I put them down orally on tape, then, I go out and find that instrument.  I don’t give up until I get exactly what I want.  I sing every part with my mouth.” MJ Michael Album

“Michael would express to me the importance of giving the world a gift.  Giving them songs that would last forever.  He wanted to revisit, nurture and define because MJ was beat itsevena perfectionist at everything and nothing is ever done until he is smiling and dancing.  It was like watching a flower grow and blossom in the spring. When the expressed sound of his imagination felt right he would look at me with a calm smile and say, ‘It’s nice, isn’t it!'” Michael Album 2010 The Estatehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmU2rEcSHz8

Innocence of spirit, looking at the world unencumbered by color, race, religion, borders or boundaries freed Michael’s imagination.  His imagination knew no limits. “When Michael was given his imagination, they broke the mold.” Quincy Jones. Present every day of his life, the magic, wonder and mystery of life informed themes.  They are found in every facet of Michael’s creativity, his body of work, his humanitarian efforts.  These pervasive themes received their life’s blood from the values Michael lived out on the world stage.  He shared them all with millions.  In a career spanning 45 years, great and sustained energy produced the thread of themes to the tenth power.soldier in history

To get closer to an understanding of who Michael Jackson is, one fact becomes clear…in a world filled with lies, Michael is the truth.  His character, personality, persona, whether before thousands or in private, remains the same, having roots deep inside his values and a belief in the power of the people.  All have their basis in a strong belief in God. 

“Sometimes you feel like something’s coming, a gestation, almost like a pregnancy.  You get emotional and you start to feel something gestating and, MAGIC, there it is!  An explosion of something that’s so beautiful, you go, WOW!  There it is!  That’s how it dangerousagainworks through you.  It’s a beautiful thing.  It’s a universe where you can go with those 12 notes.” MJ Ebony Interview 2007 

“Michael’s popularity appealed to the very young, the very old and everyone in between…blacks, whites.  And, that only happens once in a lifetime.” Dick Clark The One 2003blood two

The whole idea of magic, of things that hold a mystery about them, has always intrigued me.  A creative life is key to a happy life.  Those golden gems of wonder that were so easily understood in childhood.  Pictures drawn where the sky didn’t have to be colored blue, water could be painted in shades of yellow, THINKING OUT OF THE BOX…no boundaries.  Freeing imagination is personal, emotional.  “Michael was a performer who could share his innermost feelings with millions.” Gregory Peck.  It leads to thinking that heals wounded souls.  For some, it is unsettling…if it can’t be proved, it cannot be true. Imagination that holds no boundaries inspires new paths, breaks new ground and is visionary.  Unlimited imagination leading to pioneering visions is GENIUS.  “Today’s cutting edge is tomorrow’s classic.” MJ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EFkqn2TwIwsmooth criminal

“I don’t force it.  I let nature take its course.  I don’t sit at the piano and think I’m going to write the greatest song of all time.  It doesn’t happen.  It has to be given to you.  I believe it’s already up there before you are born.  And then, it drops into your lap.  It’s the most spiritual thing in the world.  When it comes, it comes with all the accompaniments, the strings, the bass, the drums, the lyrics and you’re just the medium through which it comes, the channel.  Sometimes I feel guilty putting my name on songs…because it’s as if the heavens have done it already. ” MJ

“Michael’s approach is very dramatic!  Very concise.  When he commits to an idea he goes all the way with it.  He has the presence of mind to feel something, conceive it and then bring it to life.  It’s a long way from idea to execution. Everybody wants to go to heaven and nobody wants to die.  It’s ass power, man.  You have to be emotionally ready to put as much energy into it as it takes to make it right.” Quincy Jonesgolden

     And so, I walk my creative path today, inspired by one who said, “If the whole world says, ‘NO!’ you say, ‘YES!’ MJ  I am delighted that you have read all the way to this point in my story.  Without boundaries of color, race, religion or national borders, let’s use our imaginations to live this dream…IT’S ALL FOR LOVE. 

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