LOVE AND THE MAN: John Lennon

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<td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="2768dfc3.jpg"> <div>  <A NAME="the_messenger"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="28768f20.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>THE MESSENGER</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Introductory Comments</B></div> <bR> <div> The conscious transformation that is happening in our times, that is sweeping the world, slowly but surely, has John Lennon, both with the Beatles and with Yoko Ono, as the representative man-artist-poet-musician contributing considerably to this conscious transformation.</div> <div> As commonplace as this may sound, we are surely at the birth of a “brave new world,” in which, to quote the great philosopher-psychologist, William James, we are introduced into “a seething caldron of ideas, where everything is fizzling and bobbing about in a state of bewildering activity, where...treadmill routine is unknown, and the unexpected seems the only law.” He wrote this at the turn of the twentieth century before Einstein's E=MCsquared, before the two world wars, before space travel, before the Sixties, before rock music....before Lennon and the Beatles. We're still engulfed in this "bewildering activity" in our times; only moreso, so far as our psychology and transcendence are concerned.   </div> <div> Lennon's life and work exemplify one man's struggle to reach for some kind of balance between our humanness and our transcendence; and he did this through the aesthetics and joy of his music (with and without the Beatles) and person, through his emphasis on peace, and, most essentially, through his varied visions of Love as the universal power to the universe – "Love is the underlying theme to the universe." (Lennon). Being infused with this vision from childhood on, from surrealism to psychedelia, to mysticism, his life led him to the pinacle of world-renown so that his vision, his <I>Experience</I>, his music, of Love could be propagated world-wide – "<I>Now that I know what I feel must be right</I> / <I>I</I><I> </I><I>mean to show everybody the light</I>."</div> <bR> <div> And so it has been propagated, from then to now, to always. And it has been my task to bring this message of Love to the forefront of our minds philosophically, psychologically, and aesthetically through the life and work of Lennon.  </div> <bR> <div> There is the <I>magic</I> of Lennon and there is the <I>meaning</I> of Lennon.</div> <bR> <div> His magic is obvious, but not so obvious his meaning. </div> <bR> <div> I now offer his public the opportunity to get to his meaning interspersed with his magic.</div> <bR> <div> Ths meaning is explored in detail in my desktop published book on his life and work titled <I>Of Love and the Man</I>, (See BOOK CATALOG) which is divided into two parts: Lennon's wisdom-autobiography, edited and arranged by myself; and part 2, my commentary on his work and influence.</div> <bR> <div> The following abridged presentation is a pinpoint abridgement of my desktop published book on John Lennon's journey into the transcendence and humanity of human-transcendent Love. My comments linking each video-song are meant to give sequential meaning to the totality of this presentation. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>OF LOVE AND THE MAN</B></I></div> <div> <B>John Lennon </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A Video-Song Experience</B></div> <bR> <div> by </div> <div> Joseph S</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>I: THE MESSENGER</B></div> <bR> <div> Lennon has a mystic (spiritually experienced) vision of Love ("I've been aware of soul. I've been aware of that power.") as not only universally human but as <I>transcendently </I>human underlying all things of the universe – ("Love is the underlying theme to the universe." JL) This will be the message that he sings to the world during his brief stay here. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>In My Life</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukbbPJirTaE" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukbbPJirT"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukbbPJirTaE</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/in+my+life_10026479.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/in+"><U>http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/in+my+life_10026479.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> The first mention of what is to come regarding Lennon's Love vision is expressed in his "In My Life," in which he sings: </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>And these memories lose their meaning </I></div> <div> <I>when I think of love as something new.</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>The Word</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giItQyH5x44" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giItQyH5x"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giItQyH5x44</U></A>   </div> <div> <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/beatles/the_word.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/beatl"><U>http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/beatles/the_word.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Once he and the Beatles were settled in the collective consciousness of their millions upon millions of fans, both young and old, worldwide (1963 - 1965), he proclaims his Love vision in the song "The Word." which he is to disseminate as Its messenger to the popular mind. And his unique contribution to the Love message is to say the word Love as a chant, a mantra. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Say the word and you'll be free </I></div> <div> <I>Say the word and be like me </I></div> <div> <I>Say the word I'm thinking of</I></div> <div> <I>And the word, the word is love</I></div> <div> <I>...</I></div> <div> <I>Now that I know what I feel must be right </I></div> <div> <I>I'm here to show everybody the light</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Yer Blues</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfF0XMLMLqU" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfF0XMLML"><U> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfF0XMLMLqU</U></A>   </div> <div> <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/yer+blues_10026170.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/yer"><U>http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/yer+blues_10026170.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> In "Yer Blues," even though he is writhing in suicidal despair, he assures himself, reminds himself, that he is here in life for a mighty purpose, and so must carry on despite his human frailty and suffering. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>My mother was of the sky</I></div> <div> <I>My father was of the earth</I></div> <div> <I>But I am of the universe</I></div> <div> <I>And you know what it's worth</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>God</B>"[1] </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wy_RUNfN1c" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wy_RUNfN"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wy_RUNfN1c</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/john_lennon/god.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/john_lenn"><U>http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/john_lennon/god.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> In an alternate demo version of his "God, " Lennon further proclaims himself messenger of world-Love:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>I have a message from above, </I></div> <div> <I>and I'm here to tell you </I></div> <div> <I>that this message concerns our love, </I></div> <div> <I>The angels must have sent me </I></div> <div> <I>to deliver this to you </I></div> <div> <I>now hear me now </I></div> <div> <I>brothers and sisters: </I></div> <div> <I>God is a concept </I></div> <div> <I>by which we measure our pain</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>God</B>" [2]</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enBsFxNnAqM" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enBsFxNnA"><U> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enBsFxNnAqM</U></A>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> To dispel any misunderstanding that might arise from this song, Lennon surely does believe in God - God is love - but not in the church or religious, theological, sense of the word. As he says, "The concept [is] of imagining no countries, imagining no religion, not imagining no God." He believe in God as the universal Being , or Power or Source or Meaning, of the world. It's just a matter of what we want to call It. He calls It Love: "Love is the universal theme of the universe." </div> <div> So, in his song, "God," it is not God as Spirit, or Transcendence, that is "<I>a concept</I>," but God as we interpret "Him" as assuager of our suffering mortality. </div> <div> Similarly, it is not the eternal message of Jesus, nor of Buddha, nor of the Bible, nor of the Gita that Lennon disbelieves, but rather the institutionalizing of this eternal message. Their eternal message, each in his/its own way, is "God is within you" (Jesus), and that through our humanity – "<I>I just believe in me, Yoko and me</I>" – we can realize this truth. And this, too, is Lennon's world message set in his muse of poetic music. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>The Ballad of John and Yoko</B>"</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t3oaPNJieg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t3oaPNJi"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t3oaPNJieg</U></A></FONT> </div> <div> <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/the+ballad+of+john+and+yoko_10026541.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/the"><U>http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/the+ballad+of+john+and+yoko_10026541.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Lennon also believes in the soul inasmuch as we, and all things, are essentially Soul. Again, it is a matter of words and semantics,and culture, that diffentiates what words we use for It; but in the final analysis, It is what It is, whether It be called God, Soul, Spirit, Love, Being, and so forth. – "I am that I am." (Genesis) "I've been aware of soul. I've been aware of that power." (JL) </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Last night the Wife said, </I></div> <div> <I>Oh boy, when you’re dead </I></div> <div> <I>You won’t take nothing but your soul </I></div> <div> <I>Think!</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>II: LOVE AS PURE BEING</B></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Across the Universe</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drU"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Calibri" ><B>lyrics:</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Across_The_Universe_Lyrics.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Across_T"><U>http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Across_The_Universe_Lyrics.html</U></A></div> <div> In "The Word," Lennon sings that Love is 'sunshine.' In "Across the Universe," this 'sunshine' is expanded a millionfold, infinitely, eternally. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>"Limitless undying Love </I></div> <div> <I>which shines around me like a million suns </I></div> <div> <I>it calls me on and on across the universe.</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Tomorrow Never Knows</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkmkB6KLjoE" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkmkB6KLj"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkmkB6KLjoE</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/tomorrow+never+knows_10026384.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/tom"><U>http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/tomorrow+never+knows_10026384.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows,"identifies Love with the more metaphysical-philosophic concept, 'Being' - which, as he sings, is the <I>meaning</I> within all things. For, if Love is 'all', as he sings in "Because," then, if being is within all things as their meaning, then love must be within all things as their meaning – a matter of word substitution. Synonymously, then, <I>Love</I> is the meaning of all things. Relatedly, Lennon says in an interview, "Love is the underlying theme to the universe." </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>That you may see the meaning of within </I></div> <div> <I>it is being, it is being</I></div> <div> <I>That Love is all and Love is ev'ryone</I></div> <div> <I>it is knowing, it is knowing</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Because</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5f4hVMCew" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5f4hVMC"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5f4hVMCew</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics: </B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/beatles/because/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/beatles/becau"><U>http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/beatles/because/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> In "Because," Lennon reiterates his theme that Love is both eternal and infinite. In this ethereal song, he humananizes this cosmic perspective of Love with the truth that <I>we</I>, as well, are essentially eternal and infinite. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Love is old, love is new</I> </div> <div> <I>Love is all, love is you</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Love</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GmVajkqLNU&feature=fvw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GmVajkqL"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GmVajkqLNU&feature=fvw</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/john-lennon/love-1/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/john-lennon/l"><U>http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/john-lennon/love-1/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> In his whispery, "Love," Lennon sings that Transcendent Love is an identifying reality at the center of our being, in that A is B and B is A – for example, yes is no and no is yes, up is down and down is up, and so forth. All distinctions, opposites, and relationships, resolve into the oneness of Love. And this Oneness, is no other than Being – pure Being – itself.</div> <div> Also, He subtly, movingly, interchanges both the transcendent and the human identifying aspects of love in this zen-like song so that the receptive listener blends into the mystery of all-embracing Love. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Love is real , real is love </I></div> <div> <I>Love is feeling , feeling love </I></div> <div> <I>Love is wanting to be loved </I></div> <div> <I>Love is touch, touch is love </I></div> <div> <I>Love is reaching, reaching love </I></div> <div> <I>Love is asking to be loved </I></div> <div> <I>Love is you </I></div> <div> <I>You and me </I></div> <div> <I>Love is knowing </I></div> <div> <I>we can BE. </I></div> <div> <I>Love is free, free is love </I></div> <div> <I>Love is living, living love </I></div> <div> <I>Love is needing to be loved</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Love Is All You Need"</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZudQwhoNLSM&feature=PlayList&p=92D84C841142FC6A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZudQwhoNL"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZudQwhoNLSM&feature=PlayList&p=92D84C841142FC6A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/all-you/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/a"><U>http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/all-you/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> In his enigmatic song, "Love is All You Need," Lennon identifies transcendent Love as omniscient (all-knowing) - "Nothing you can know that can't be known") - as omnipresent (everywhere) - "<I>Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be</I>," as omnipotent (all-powerful) - "<I>Nothing you can make that can't be made</I>" – and humanistic –"<I>Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be in time.</I>" </div> <div> Put ideally, if we are in touch with the essence of our being: Love, then there isn't anything human that we can't be or do. </div> <div> Accordingly, to interpret Lennon's meaning of "all you need is love" simply in erotic or humanistic terms is by far to miss his point. The love that is all we need, is, for him, the love that moves mountains, that is the kingdom to which Christ refers in his words "Seek first the kingdom of heaven and all else will be given you." And to change the wording slightly in Christ's answer to the secret of this life, Lennon is, in effect, singing: Seek first the kingdom of <I>Love</I>, and all else will be given you. By this exchange of word-meaning, it will be easier to understand the meaning of Lennon's whole body of work, and of his mission; which is to sing his soul in urgency for his, and, for man's, human realization of this Love. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>III: LOVE AS ONENESS</B></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Rain</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwSUlgJ0css" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwSUlgJ0c"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwSUlgJ0css </U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/rain/" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/"><U> </U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/rain/" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/"><U>http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/rain/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> "Rain" exemplifies further Lennon's insight that Love is an identifying factor inasmuch <I>"everything's the same"</I>; and his further point is that even though our mind necessitates making distinctions in our reality between, say, rain and sunshine, still, <I>"It's just a state of mind"</I>. Which is to say, that in the ultimate state of mind – the transconscious mind - there are no such things as rain and sunshine; only <I>that</I> which determines both rain and sunshine in our perceiving mind.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Ev'rybody's Got Something to Hide but Me and My Monkey</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lngGPsJ1pQ" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lngGPsJ1"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lngGPsJ1pQ</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/everybodys-got-v2/ " TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/"><U> http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/everybodys-got-v2/ </U></A></FONT></div> <div> Lennon repeats his message that <I>"everything's the same"</I> in "Ev'rybody's Got Something to Hide but Me and My Monkey," only in this song he takes a zen-like perspective that inward to this oneness of Love, all dualities, all opposites, resolve into one – oneness: down is up and up is down, inside is outside and outside is inside. This certainly is not the case in our reality; yet<I>is</I> the case in ultimate Reality, from whence all dualities and opposites ensue. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>The deeper you go the higher you fly </I></div> <div> <I>The higher you fly the deeper you go </I></div> <div> <I>So come on (Come on) come on </I></div> <div> <I>Come on is such a joy </I></div> <div> <I>Come on is such a joy </I></div> <div> <I>Your inside is out and your outside is in </I></div> <div> <I>Your outside is in and your inside is out </I></div> <div> <I>So come on come on </I></div> <div> <I>Come on is such a joy</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>I Am the Walrus</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRss3HUipw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRss3HUi"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRss3HUipw</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/i-am-the-walrus/" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/"><U> http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/i-am-the-walrus/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> In the opening verse of "I Am the Walrus," Lennon emphasizes in no uncertain terms, that we are all essentially one. And being "all one," we are all Love - cf  "... <I>Love is you / You and me</I>." </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>I am he as you are he as you are me </I></div> <div> <I>As we are all together</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Glass Onion</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOF7q2odSVM" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOF7q2odS"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOF7q2odSVM</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:</B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/glass/" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/"><U> http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/glass/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Lennon uses a perfect poetic image to depict the "nothingness," the "oneness," of Love in his "Glass Onion." Glass is seen as an image of purity; while the actual onion, when we peel off the skin layer by layer, we finally come to ...nothing – the "void. It is this void that folds each layer of the onion into a symetrial whole.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <div> <I>Looking through the bent backed tulips </I></div> <div> <I>To see how the other half live </I></div> <div> <I>Looking through a glass onion </I></div> <div> <I>Fixing a hole in the ocean </I></div> <div> <I>Trying to make a dove-tail joint, yeah </I></div> <div> <I>Looking through a glass onion</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Strawberry Fields Forever</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NoOhmVMac" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NoOhmVM"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NoOhmVMac</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics:  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/strawberry-fields/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/s"><U>http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-beatles/strawberry-fields/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Another image of pure being, or "nothingness," is portrayed in Lennon's Strawberry Fields Forever," in which he sings, "<I>nothing is real.</I> Now, this "nothing can be interpreted as the nothingness of the (spiritual) void of pure Being, or Love; and/or indirectly,it can be interpreted as nothing in this, our, reality is real; it perhaps is just a dream; he doesn't quite know for sure: </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>"Always, no sometimes, think it's me, </I></div> <div> <I>but you know I know when it's a dream</I></div> <div> <I>I think I know I mean a "Yes" but it's all wrong, </I></div> <div> <I>that is I think I disagree"</I></div> <bR> <div> His further point in this swooning song is that though we may not be on his wavelength of vision, we nontheless can experience <I>his</I> aesthhetic expression of that vision in this song <I>"Let me take you down...</I>; and hopefully this aesthetic experience will open our eyes (mind) so that we understand, rather than misunderstand "all you see." </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Living is easy with eyes closed</I></div> <div> <I>Misunderstanding all you see.</I></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Revolution Number 9</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwQiQLqAKOA" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwQiQLqAK"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwQiQLqAKOA</U></A></div> <div> As a concluding postscript to all the previous Lennon's Love-Being songs, his "Revolution Number 9" depicts in aural sound the pure being of Love. This depiction begins almost at the end of the recording in the video below. All that leads up to this aural burst into eternity, so to speak, is the mystery, the "sound and fury" of human life; and after It, the calming peace of enlightenment.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>IV: LOVE AS HUMAN-TRANSCENDENCE</B></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Instant Karma</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqP3wT5lpa4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqP3wT5lp"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqP3wT5lpa4</U></A></div> <div> <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/john_lennon/instant_karma.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/john_lenn"><U>http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/john_lennon/instant_karma.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> "Instant Karma" emplifies the two main objectives of his world task: (1) that we are all eternal in the purity of our being - Love, and (2) that we have to surrender to It by minimizing our ego so that we can love beyond ourselves: to others, to life, to eternity - the truth of all spiritual leaders down through the ages. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Well we all shine on </I></div> <div> <I>Like the moon and the stars and the sun </I></div> <div> <I>Well we all shine on </I></div> <div> <I>Ev'ryone come on</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>"India, India"</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzltijILEfA" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzltijILE"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzltijILEfA</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1074105,curpg-2.cms" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic"><U>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1074105,curpg-2.cms</U></A></FONT></div> <div> His point in this appealing song is that go where you will for enlightenment, whether to church, temple, India, guru, a priest, a Zen master, ultimately you have to come back to yourself, where, first, the nirvana that you are seeking is already  in your being (soul), so there is no need to traverse elsewhere; and second, your humanity comes first in this life: your loves, your center, whether country or brotherhood. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Hey Bulldog</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aADaCtW29dk&feature=related" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aADaCtW29"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aADaCtW29dk&feature=related</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF=" http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/beatles/hey_bulldog.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/beatles/h"><U> http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/beatles/hey_bulldog.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> In "Hey Bulldog, amidst his apparently nonsense lyrics, "Lennon furthers his message by pointing out that all our attempts at consistent happiness prove in vain; we are too psychologically fragmented, too egoistic, too desiring, too impulsive, too fearing, too vain, and on and on. If we truly want to be happy, that is to say, free to be more loving, more understanding, then we must turn inward to our being – to Love itself; or as Lennon, sings, "<I>You can talk to me</I>." – "me," again, refers to our inward <I>me</I>: Love, God, Soul... </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles</I></div> <div> <I>What make you think you're something special when you smile</I></div> <div> <I>... </I></div> <div> <I>Some kind of innocence is measured out in years </I></div> <div> <I>You don't know what it's like to listen to you fears</I></div> <div> <I>... </I></div> <div> <I>Some kind of solitude is measured out in you </I></div> <div> <I>You think you know me but you haven't got a clue</I></div> <div> <I>... </I></div> <div> <I>You can talk to me </I></div> <div> <I>You can talk to me </I></div> <div> <I>You can talk to me </I></div> <div> <I>If you're lonely, you can talk to me</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> "<B>And Your Bird Can Sing</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4TWiYHx7U" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4TWiYHx"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4TWiYHx7U </U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/beatles/and_your_bird_can_sing.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/beatles/an"><U>http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/beatles/and_your_bird_can_sing.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> The basic message in, "And You Bird Can Sing," is that all that you have achieved and experienced in life on your own merits and worthiness will sooner or later "wear you down; and then where will you be? Well, as Lennon sings, you can turn to your – the –- Source: Love, or your being, or your God whatever it may be,for the solace, the meaning, the joy, of your life. With that, you can effectively deal with both your successes and failures, your ever-changing moods, aging, grief, and the whole host of human complexities – all without palling. In which case, then , truly "Love is all you need." Again, the 'me' and the 'I'll' refer to Love, or God, or Being.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <div> "<B>I Dig a Pony</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vJn9RLhMmk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vJn9RLhM"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vJn9RLhMmk</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/laibach/i-dig-a-pony.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/laibach/i-dig"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/laibach/i-dig-a-pony.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Lennon's "I dig a Pony" is a word play on his "all you need is love" theme that, with and in (the flow of) Love, we can do: celebrate, penetrate, radiate, imitate, indicate, syndicate, anything we want – realistically speaking, of course. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Baby You're a Rich Man</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbmBPdVh2W0" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbmBPdVh2"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbmBPdVh2W0</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri" > </FONT></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/baby-youre-a-rich-man.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/b"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/baby-youre-a-rich-man.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> "Baby, You're a Rich Man" caps Lennon's overall message, which is: Yes, money is the lord of this world, but now that you have experienced the riches and wonders of the Other world - why would you want to "keep all your money is a big brown bag inside a zoo"? This Experience, this "being in touch," is what it truly means to be rich, to be one of the beautiful people.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>V: LOVE AS PEACE</B></div> <bR> <div> For Lennon, one side of the coin is love and the other side, is peace - "Love and Peace are eternal." And what can be more powerful than peace wedded to love! </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Revolution</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzCjGgrewYY" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzCjGgrew"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzCjGgrewYY</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/revolution.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/r"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/revolution.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> "<B>Revolution</B>" sets the stage for Lennon's future peace activisim. The revolution that he emphasizes is a revolution in the mind that frees the mind from ignorance and injustice. With that change, peace will reign. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> You tell me it's the institution </div> <div> Well you know </div> <div> You better free your mind instead</div> <bR> <div> "<B>Mind Games</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX4wQskLcIA" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX4wQskLc"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX4wQskLcIA</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF=" http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/mind-games.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/"><U> http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/mind-games.html</U></A></FONT><B>  </B></div> <div> We have to fight for this psychological revolution. We have to fight, face up to, our own demons as well others'. We have to attain a kind of wisdom by "feeling our own pain," as he sang in "I Found Out." Peace is not a passive fixture in life; it has to be ever vigilant against its adversary, war, in all its multiplicities. Peace, we might say, is war against our ego's negative side, against our self-destructiveness, against our lusts, our greeds, and on and on. We have to be ever knowledgeable of "what's going on" about us. We have to be ever seeking, and living by, the transcendent in us. We have to be "mind guerrillas." This is the drift of Lennon's </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Give Peace a Chance</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8FBBfdkBoQ&feature=related" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8FBBfdkB"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8FBBfdkBoQ&feature=related</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics: </B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/give-peace-a-chance.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/g"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/give-peace-a-chance.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> So let us give peace a chance is Lennon's chant for the future of mankind. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Happy Xmas</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2YSAVHmIE" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2YSAVHm"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2YSAVHmIE </U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffett/happy-xmas-war-is-over.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffett"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffett/happy-xmas-war-is-over.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> It's up to the people who want peace and what follows from it, justice, to take the initiative, and then finally, the ascendency over war, and all that follows from that. And Lennon is not just referring to war on the battlefront, but war in our minds, war against our neighbors, war in politics, and, in the end, war of ego against ego. This will take a kind wisdom that balances our humanness withour transcendence - a human-transcendent wisdom.</div> <bR> <div> "So, yes, war is over if you want it"; and so merry christmas and a happy new year. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Imagine</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okd3hLlvvLw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okd3hLlvv"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okd3hLlvvLw</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Calibri" ><B>lyrics: </B></FONT><A HREF=" http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffett/happy-xmas-war-is-over.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffet"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF=" http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffett/happy-xmas-war-is-over.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffet"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-buffett/happy-xmas-war-is-over.html</U></A></div> <div> And we finally come to Lennon's signature song, "Imagine," in which he sings the ideals of peace and love, that, yes, we will never fully attain in this strifeful life, but we can near it. All we have to do is imagine it can be done – be peace warriors, mind guerillas.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <div> <B>VI: LOVE AS EROTIC</B></div> <bR> <div> "<B>Help</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBCG9n9NbtM" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBCG9n9Nb"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBCG9n9NbtM</U></A></div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Calibri" ><B>lyrics: </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/help.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/h"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/help.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Yes, Lennon is "of the universe," and is "representative of the human race"; but first and foremost, in this life, he is a frail and flawed human being; and so subject to all common human pleasures and pains, wants and needs, and ego. And so, he must love and be loved. He has been loved, but not fully; he has loved, but not fully. And so he suffers for this want. And so, he cries out for help in his song "Help." He needs somebody, "not just anybody." And Yoko Ono was soon to be that person. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>I Want You</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne6ZZTfiQAw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne6ZZTfiQ"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne6ZZTfiQAw</U></A></div> <div> Lennon has found his soul mate,Yoko Ono, and he wants her so badly - her body, mind, and soul - that it's driving him "mad." </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Don't Let Me Down</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwzzln1WIk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwzzln1W"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwzzln1WIk</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/dont-let-me-down.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/d"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/dont-let-me-down.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> He's "in love for the first time," and he cries out for her not to let him down, as he has been by his mother and father, especially. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Oh, My Love</B>" </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Kh-IMKDqM" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Kh-IMKD"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Kh-IMKDqM</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics: </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Calibri" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/oh-my-love.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/o"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/oh-my-love.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> With their love together he has found the fulfillment, the glow, of his life. His eyes and mind are "wide open." Everything is clear. Of course, life is much more complicated than the simplicity of "being in love," as he will find out as the years go on. He has many psychological issues to be resolved, many masks to be shed; but, with Yoko, they at least can be resolved. For those issues to be resolved, love, both transcendently and humanly, is all he needs." </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "<B>Woman</B>"</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLfDnShEn0" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLfDnShE"><U>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLfDnShEn0</U></A></div> <div>  <B>lyrics:  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri" ><A HREF="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/woman.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/w"><U>http://www.lyricsdepot.com/john-lennon/woman.html</U></A></FONT></div> <div> "Woman" is Lennon's tribute to both Yoko and to all women. Without the right woman, we men are lost, however "on top of it" we may seem, whatever success or acclaim we may attain. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <B>PHOTO GALLERY</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2afb8510.jpg" border=0 width="440" height="337" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="48245200.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2bfaaf90.png" border=0 width="170" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="48060d80.jpg" border=0 width="352" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2ca97e40.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="481540a0.jpg" border=0 width="340" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> 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<B>____________________________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WITH CYNTHIA & JULIAN</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="43e3e1b0.jpg" border=0 width="318" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="43fe0440.jpg" border=0 width="224" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4402cce0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="442fffa0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="441be730.jpg" border=0 width="190" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4432cb40.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="48e3dc40.jpg" border=0 width="317" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="48706c70.gif" border=0 width="262" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <B>WITH MAY</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="488d45e0.jpg" border=0 width="468" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WITH YOKO</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40163f00.jpg" border=0 width="355" height="496" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2e1d43b0.jpg" border=0 width="468" height="315" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40885080.jpg" border=0 width="389" height="520" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40964ed0.jpg" border=0 width="356" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2e6aaef0.gif" border=0 width="170" height="239" ALIGN="BOTTOM" 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height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="44dc2240.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="292" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46f40080.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="468a0420.jpg" border=0 width="416" height="322" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4738c690.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>__________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>DRAWINGS & IMAGES</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46d3d3e0.png" border=0 width="317" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46c66090.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="265" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="457aadc0.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="45973730.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="45ac8a00.gif" border=0 width="200" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="45ce9410.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="321" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="45e83260.jpg" border=0 width="387" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="469250c0.jpg" border=0 width="293" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46ae92a0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46be6280.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4635b7d0.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46e637c0.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="470e8500.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>