JUNE 25, 2014…A BITTERSWEET DAY

“To all my fans and friends around the world who love and support me, and who have always been there for me and my family, throughout my entire career, I thank you and I love you, from the bottom of my heart.”BEAUTIFUL SEVEN

THRILLER 25

Michael Jackson

2008

“On this day, June 25, 2014, I publicly show my love, respect and gratitude to one Michael Joseph Jackson for giving his all to his craft, in spite of the sacrifices.”ROSES 2014 TWO

WILL HUMANITY EVER VISIT THE MEDIA?  2003

Deborah B. Pryor

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Antoine De Saint Exupery

For me, June 25, 2014 dawned cold and foggy, a repeat of the 24 days preceding it.  I must admit, I do love an early morning walk in the fog.  But this particular morning, I was energized, even enlivened by anticipation.  Although some might say that focusing FOREVER FOURon the day someone passed on was not cause for celebrating, and, I would usually agree.  But, the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s passing gives friends, fans and family the opportunity to remember and honor someone who has captured our hearts so completely.  Embracing the notion that nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm (Ralph Waldo Emerson), masses of Fans around the planet share in activities and artful projects, large and small, grand and particular, planning them months in advance.  It comes as no surprise to anyone that Michael Jackson Fans have an inner compass which points towards a Guiding Angel.  We are propelled by a force which believes that we must be the change we wish to see in the world.  “All rising to a great place is by a winding bad thirtystair.”  Francis Bacon  Michael’s life offers the purest example of climbing a winding and often treacherous staircase.  He risked everything, traveling far.  At the end of his remarkable journey, the fuse was lit in our hearts to follow his light.

I spent a significant part of the morning and afternoon viewing pictures coming from Forest Lawn, Neverland and many, many locations around the globe.  The sun peeked dangeroustwentyout from behind clouds just as I prepared to join MAJOR LOVE PRAYER.  Finding a place in the garden, I closed my eyes and tried to see with my heart all the beautiful faces joined in love.  I looked to see if I could better understand the divine within me.  Knowing Michael channeled his unparalleled artistry, that he had one skin too few in comparison to others so that he could feel the slightest wind (Shusha Guppy), I stilled by mind.  It was peaceful.  Thus far, the day had a sweetness and spirituality to it.  My heart was full.

Hopeful that those outside the Fan Community might have had a peek into this day of love and honor, I surfed the tube.  Then, I stopped dead in my tracks.  Conrad Murray’s face was looking at me.  The sparkle and wonder of loving hearts, the tributes, the pictures and stories about Michael’s beautiful legacy froze in place.  Tears tracked down my cheeks, my emotions going from anger to disgust to a feeling of hopelessness.  All around the world, people were singing and dancing, hand in hand…aPERFORMER massive love-in.  And, CNN chose to allow a convicted felon to have primetime to continue lying about June 24-25, 2009.  When the “journalist” thanked CM and wished him GOOD LUCK…I was in despair for Paris, Prince and Blanket.  I asked myself what I would feel like if my dad’s life had been taken by someone who was on the phone for 47prince albert minutes while my dad went into respiratory failure.  I thought about my husband, Tom, who in March went into respiratory failure and the paramedics and ambulance were at our house in minutes and saved his life.  My day turned from joy to complete anguish.

“I find that Dr. Murray abandoned his patient who was trusting him.  His patient was vulnerable under those circumstances, having been administered potentially dangerous drugs by his medical provider.  Dr. Murray’s course of conduct extended over a period of time.  Dr. Murray repeatedly lied, engaged in deceitful misconduct, and endeavored to cover up his transgressions.  He violated the trust of the medical community, of his colleagues, and of his patent.  And he has absolutely no sense of remorse, absolutely no sense of fault, and is, and remains dangerous.  The fact remains that Dr. Murray is offended by the patient dying andFOREVER THREE I don’t have any idea what will prompt Dr. Murray to do or not do something in the future that may be dangerous to a patient if he does practice medicine in the United States or even elsewhere.  I think Dr. Murray is so reckless based upon the law and the definition of criminal negligence that I read and everything that I heard and saw in this case, and Dr. Murray’s subsequent conduct, that I believe that he is a danger to the community.”  Judge Pastor

“While some have argued Malcolm X was radical, Michael Jackson’s power was in his creative gentility and artistic genius ability.  That artistic creativity, exceptional and original, was fueled and fired ostensibly by divine guidance and inspiration, his gentleness that caused his light to shine so brightly.  This heavenly gift bred a consciousness to empathize with the sufferings of humanity and through the soothing potency of song and dance; Jackson hoped to impart a message of healing through expressions of love and giving.  Let us not forget, two thousand years ago, another gentle soul, proponent of love, healing and giving was crucified by redemptionsimilar ‘wolves at the door,’ as the ones who hounded Michael Jackson in life and death.”  Frederick Monderson THE LAST DANCE 2011

June 25, 2014 was a bittersweet day for me.  I try to remember all the beautiful monuments and statues and tributes created for Michael by millions of loving Fans.  I embrace Jean Sibelius’ words…“Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic.”  I think of Michael’s words when he said that no matter what he said or did, thebadtwenty-one media was going to print negatives.  The WHYS are my constant companion.

NO MATTER WHERE I AM

I SEE MY FACE AROUND

THEY PIN LIES ON MY NAME

THEN PUSH THEM FROM TOWN TO TOWN

DON’T HAVE A PLACE TO RUN

BUT THERE’S NO NEED TO HIDE

I GOT TO FIND A PLACE

BUT I WON’T HIDE AWAY

XSCAPE, GOT TO GET AWAY

FROM THE SYSTEM RULES IN THE WORLD TODAYmusic three

XSCAPE THE MAN WITH THE PEN

XSCAPE, I DO WHAT I WANT

CAUSE I GOTTA FACE NOBODY BUT ME

XSCAPE

“Lies run in sprints.  The truth runs in marathons.”  Michael Jacksongone too soon three

“Make love your weapon against any evil.”  Michael Jackson

CAUTION:  The media is not a reflection of reality.

“HAPPINESS IS WHEN WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU SAY, AND WHAT YOU DOroses ARE IN HARMONY.”   Mahatma Gandhi

No one heals themselves by wounding another.

“LOVE IS THE JUICE AND ENERGY THAT MOTIVATE MY MUSIC, MY DANCING, EVERYTHING.  AS LONG AS LOVE IS IN MY HEART IT’S EVERYWHERE.”  Michael Jackson

I love you, Michael.

Jude

HIS tory

MYstory

YOURstory

OURstory

 

WHAT MORE CAN I GIVE

Your love is magical, that’s how I feel

But I have not the words here to explainOH, GOD!  THREE

Gone is the grace for expressions of passion

But there are worlds and worlds of ways to explain

To tell you how I feel,

But I am speechless, speechless

Michael Jackson

There is a timelessness about anniversaries.  Pausing to celebrate past memories while touching one another intimately, we grab onto the past in an effort to stop time.  It is far more than a highlight reel for one who danced the planet, filling our senses with musical imagery, stirring emotions that go to the very core of the human spirit.  For Michael Jackson, a vast community across the globe take their collective breaths on June 25th and August 29th.  “By binding his heart to his art, Michael would keep his musical legacy alive.  Through binding his heart to our hearts, he keeps his humanitarian legacy alive.  Forever.” (MJL)  You see, Michael Jackson’s artistry moved on so many levels that we, who have chosen to really experience his energy and light, continue to make discoveries.  Those discoveries not only cast new revelations into the man, they cast OH, GOD!new revelations into ourselves.  Our education is both extensive and personal.  The fertility of a genius’ mind spreads its richness to the seeds it sows.  We are those seeds.  And, like any gardener would tell you, seeds come in a vast array of shapes and sizes, germinating at different rates.  The light from Michael, his nurturing messages, the richness of his creativity, all provide what we need to grow.  And, of course, where Michael Jackson is concerned, we bask in that extra ingredient.  MAGIC!

I am stretched by the luster from those kindred spirits who daily inspire me.  We join in a community of love, each defining and redefining our interpretations of Michael’s dreams and messages…all in an effort to continue his visions for the planet.  Often, it feels like a ONCE UPON A TIME adventure.  “Whatever you do, begin it!”  That is our calling.  Diversity is power…Michael knew that…we search to find our way through it. Sometimes the search is in protecting Michael’s legacy and life, his children and his family, his BAD TWENTY EIGHTreputation and his truths.  Sometimes, the search is with charities, reaching out to continue Michael’s dream…“Always remember the children.”  Sometimes, the search is in the form of amazing art and design…sometimes, it is in words.  We create beautiful flowers, posters, books and pictures, textiles.  We try to educate a brainwashed public, hold the media accountable, refusing to allow lies to continue…accepting the role of THE NEW MEDIA.  We listen and study and learn, more than we have ever learned before…Michael’s astounding catalog of artistry.  And, there is so much more.

Today, to add to the masses of celebrations taking place around the planet as tributes to Michael’s beautiful life, I share some of the bounty in the harvesting of seeds sown.GORGEOUS TWENTYEIGHT

“The spiritual path is symbolized by the mountains, and those who begin their journey to the top have a  responsibility to give a hand to those who come behind.  The artist who inspired the writing of this book used to say that there is no mountain so high we cannot climb.  He held out his hand to millions of pilgrims through his art, his humanitarianism, and his philosophy of life.”

Elizabeth Johnson

DEAR MICHAEL

“I’m always writing.  When you know it’s right, sometimes you feel like something’s coming, a gestation, almost like a pregnancy or something.  You get emotional, and you start to feel something gestating and, magic…there it is!  It’s an explosion of something that’s so beautiful, you go, WOW!  There it is!  That’s how it works through you.  It’s a beautiful thing.  It’s a universe of where you can go with those 12 notes.”

Michael JacksonFAN LOVE FIVE

“MICHAEL WAS ALWAYS MY INSPIRATION TO SING AND DANCE, THAT’S WHY I WANTED TO BE AN ENTERTAINER.  BUT, MICHAEL, HE BECAME MORE THAN THAT.  I BECAME MORE LIKE HIM.  I WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORLD, TOO.  AND, HELP PEOPLE, TOO.  HE BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO GOD.  I’M NOT GOING INTO DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, BUT, IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 24, 2011.  I SEE  LIFE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.”

Mary Bosque

“My dad always said he loved London.  He really wanted to go there and show what he could do.  He was looking forward to showing us around.  It’s tough.  This will be the fifth anniversary of his death.  Yeah.  Yeah.  He was the best father anybody could have.  He raised us the right way and there is nothing anyone can do to make us forget about him.  He was always concerned about humanity.  He helped many charities.  In his songs, his message was simple…LOVE.  We will continue to spread his message.  ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL

I don’t expect to walk into roles because of who I am.  I want to learn my craft.  My plan is to work for T.V. companies, doing what I did for Entertainment Tonight.  I had such great fun working for that show and doing interviews.  I learned a lot.  The feedback I got was really great, too.  I want to get more experience.  We all love movies and I would like to be a director one day.  But, to be a good director, you have to know how an actor works and feels on the set.  I want to learn my craft and experience being in T.V. shows, and possibly movies, before I even consider going behind the camera.  It is not a job to be taken lightly.  You need to put your time in to learning something properly before overseeing others.”  Interview with Prince Michael Jacksonchildren twentyseven

“MY FONDEST MEMORY AT NEVERLAND WAS ONE NIGHT WHEN WE HAD A HOUSEFUL OF BALD-HEADED CHILDREN.  THEY ALL HAD CANCER.  AND, ONE LITTLE BOY TURNED TO ME AND SAID, ‘THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!’  YOU HAD TO JUST HOLD BACK THE TEARS.”  Michael Jackson

AWAKENING

Sweet Michael, My Beloved OneBAD WORLD TOUR

As You lived I wandered searching

When on this day five years ago

My heart was torn and broken

I lost all will to carry onmoonwalker eight

Grief took my breath away

As my emptiness grew less in time

My tearful eyes now opened

In loss I found You once againadorable twenty

In a way I knew You not before

You took my hand Angelic One

With Your touch You drew me in

Hope renewed soon filled my heart

Your light showed me the way

To look within to search my soul

For love and joy to spread to all

To do good works for those in need

To make this world a better place

Michael, Beloved, I’ll love You forever

Brenda Beazley  Palmyra, VA, USA

“All of this is sought to be captured in this volume in Tribute to a man of extraordinary artistry who worked tremendously hard to optimize his talents and become the very best in his profession, setting the bar above the rainbow and daring others to even attempt to reach or scale it.  Nevertheless, in process of his unspoken challenge, he dared others adorable twentyto do what he did through love, charity and his trust of humanity, all within the philosophical constructs of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.”

THE LAST DANCE

How Harlem Remembered Michael JacksonSEEDS

Frederick Monderson

“I WILL NEVER BE SAD IF I LEAVE THIS WORLD, BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE.  THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT IS THAT PEOPLE STOP THINKING THAT I DID SOMETHING WRONG.  I LOVE THE KIDS AND DISGUSTING LIES ALMOST KILLED ME.  WHEN I DIE, ALL THE MONEY I HAVE WILL GO TO MY CHILDREN AND OTHER CHILDREN IN THE WORLD.”  Michael Jackson

We, in this diversified community, follow Prince is saying that no one can make us forget Michael Jackson.  We PAY MICHAEL FORWARD in a rainbow of color and a collage of designs.  We are a choir singing in harmony with ONE VOICE.  We are here to defend Michael and protect his life and legacy.  And, WE ARE HERE TO CHANGE THE WORLD, ASKING, WHAT MORE CAN I GIVE?

YOUR LOVE IS MAGICAL, THAT’S HOW I FEELCHILDREN TWENTY EIGHT

BUT IN YOUR PRESENCE I AM LOST FOR WORDS

WORDS LIKE, “I LOVE YOU.”

We love you, Michael!

Jude

HIS tory

MYstory

YOURstory

OURstory

Communication between the physical and spiritual

“Great music can bring many kinds of solutions.”

Hal A. Lingermanstunning two

FIVE YEAR MEMORIAL FOR MICHAEL JACKSON

MICHAEL,

WE MISS YOU,

WE LOVE YOU,

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.we are forever

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GAVE TO THE WORLD.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW US

THE WAY TO L.O.V.E.

WE ARE FOREVER

TO MICHAEL WITH LOVEdangerous nineteen

a tribute book from those who love Michael Jackson

inspired by Brenda Jenkyns

Fifth Anniversary June 25, 2014

Forest Lawn Cemetery

The inherent ability to trigger deep emotion in people, having the power to emote, offering the listener human outcry coupled with uplifting hopefulness…how does one do that?  Not many can.  Barbara Marx Hubbard suggests that, “music, sound, and auditory vibration make up a critical factor to the next stage of revolution.”  Michael Jackson’s LOVE REVOLUTION was empowered with communication between the physical and spiritual…vibrating into a perfect storm.  In sheer ecstasy, we are captivated…an indelible mark upon our souls.  Michael Jackson chose to use all the gifts he had received from God…”creating Neverland…bringing Heaven to Earth where you inspire others to find their own inner TIIELEVENNeverlands in order to elevate this planet to Heaven.”  Betelgeuseumj Mcol 

“I got to witness the divinity in him every night.  He had that thing that is not quantifiable…that thing that you watch, and you cannot figure out why it is that you feel the molecules in the room change, but you are aware of it.”

Sheryl Crow  BAD World Tour 1987-1989bad beautiful

I believe Michael infused a very genuine philanthropic spirit into specific songs, and they echoed the sincerity and the depth of his character and content.  EARTH SONG really speaks to the humanity that I attempt to appreciate in my own music.  As a songwriter, sometimes you find it very difficult to find the words to express yourself.  You want to be vague enough that someone could ES FOURinterpret it in their own way.  You want that transparency.  And I think EARTH SONG HANDSOME SEVENTEENhas that.  It’s not hooky, it’s just a wail…a cry for help.  It’s very painful.  Even just singing the melody brings the sensation and the spirit of that song to the surface of my skin.  I’ve been there before.  Like all music, in its origin, it’s for praise or for redemption.  It’s truly a redemption song.  It’s a message to those who have become comfortably numb from someone who seemingly had it all.  For him to have everything and still be able to hurt for humanity?  That should put us all in our respective places.”  CEE LO GREEN HEAL THE WORLD…”This song is cleverly written.  There’s nothing like a song that inspires without being cheesy.  It’s the perfect example of using the power of your voice to make a difference in the world through song.  I’m totally inspired by Michael Jackson, all the way around.  He set the tempo for what I relate to and aspire to as an artist.  It’s beyond what he put into his music; it’s what he put into the world.  I love that he seemed to value his position as an entertainer.  He believed that you’re not given a platform to influence millions just to sing and dance with it.  There’s got to be somethingbeat it six more to it, and I’m inspired by that.  He incorporated these real-life situations into his songs because he wanted to influence people.  So many of these tracks had a message because he really took his gift and used it for the right reasons.  He was always very thoughtful, and as special as he was, he was very appreciative of his success.  He was humble.  And that, for me, HEAL THE WORLD TWOmore than anything, is what I want to take from him.  To be that big an artist and to still be humble at the same time?  It means a itcninelot.”  CIARA  “I am not in any way, shape or form close to Michael Jackson, but I can tell you he is the reason I became an entertainer.  On September 27, 1987, I stood ten feet away from him as he ascended a blinding staircase of light and broke into song.  The moment solidified a dream for me.  I saw waves of electricity in the crowd and I stared into his eyes and saw at once the ferocity of a lion and the patience of Buddha.  I watched in awe the way he moved on that stage…like a conductor of electricity.  There were waves of hysteria and he had an energy about him that was like looking into the eye of a tornado…and, yet, so calm.  I looked at the effect he had on people and it was orfmas though he was conducting magic.”  Darren Hayes  Michael embodied love and play in creative pulse, causing rapid heartbeats in a kaleidoscope world.  If what Peter Koestenbaum says is true, “Creativity is harnessing universality and making it flow through your eyes,”  Michael’s physical and spiritual being came from a divine source where dreams move toward divinity, offering solutions and positive outcomes.  “YOU OPENED MY EYES WHEN I COULDN’T SEE…LOVE WAS ALWAYS HERE WAITING FOR ME.” MJbotdfthree

“I don’t consider myself religious in order to form part of a dogma in particular.  I consider myself to be spiritual.  I think there is a field of knowledge in which we experience our universality.  I read all kinds of religious literature because I believe that the truth is in all of them.”

Michael Jacksongorgeous twenty four

Connecting the physical with the spiritual, Michael often spoke of channeling…receiving his beautiful music from the Creator.  He talked about honoring the gifts he had been given by sharing them with the world in order to affect positive change and sharing love.  Inserting play in the equation was simply defining life…PLAYgorgeous twenty two IS LIFE.  “THE SONGWRITING PROCESS IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT’S VERY SPIRITUAL.  YOU REALLY HAVE IT IN THE HANDS OF GOD AND IT’S AS IF IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ALREADY.  THAT’S THE REAL TRUTH…AS IF IT’S BEEN WRITTEN IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE YOU WERE BORN AND YOU’RE JUST REALLY THE SOURCE THROUGH WHICH THE SONG COMES.  REALLY, BECAUSE, THERE IT IS…THEY JUST FALL RIGHT INTO YOUR LAP…IN IT’S ENTIRETY.  YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO MUCH THINKING ABOUT IT.  AND, I FEEL GUILTY HAVING PUT MY NAME, SOMETIMES, ON THE SONG.  I DO WRITE THEM.  I COMPOSE THEM.  I DO THE SCORING.  I DO THE LYRICS.  I DO THE MELODIES.  BUT STILL, IT’S A WORK OF GOD.”  scream sixMichael Jackson  “I have no doubt if Jackson needed music notation, he would have used it.  But, his own method of recording on multi-tracks was far more efficient and desirable than pencil and paper or music notation software.  Reading and writing in musical notation would have been a tremendous liability for a musician like him.  As an example, he worked with complex, subtle rhythms that can’t be accurately notated or approximated.”  gorgeous twenty threeULTRAVIOLETRAE  As we draw near to June 25th, with beating hearts and pure creative energies, our choices for the day are as beautiful as the kaleidoscope world we see.  We will feel handsome sixteenMichael communicating between the physical and spiritual with his music and message.  We will smile together and cry together and our voices will be as ONE across this entire planet.  OUR GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM AND REGARD AND HONOR FOR MICHAEL WILL BE STRENGTHENED BY HIS LOVE.  In remembering DIRTY DIANA THREEthe times, we will feel our spirits connect in perfect harmony.  Our love and faith in Michael is forever.  HE IS FOREVER. I love you. Jude  HIS tory    MYstory YOURstory OURstory