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« view all posts The Dream Of The Pink Rabbit I play with my daughter and i think about ways to spark her synapsis.......so i take her pink rabbit and i pretend its alive.......staving off the idea that its an inantimate object......before she becomes disillusioned to realize the dream before her is an illusion.......i started thinking just today that my life is much like this exercise i do with my daughter,......my life is an illusion......i have kept myself at bay from my real dream,.....which to this day i'm not even sure what it is........i know i'm good at one thing.....and if you are reading this you must agree with me........but seeing a little self or recreation of myself going for this pink rabbit i couldn't help but think( and pardon my carrie bradshaw here)......i'm no different from her....i'd love to stop her from having that dream or that illusion that , that pink rabbit is real......cuz its not.....but i want her to think that it is.....much in the same way i want to believe that, i am that type of songwriter that is so good that, my parents won't die,.....that my daughter is always going to be safe,.....that i will always seem noble in the eyes of my wife and daughter.......but i know none of that will ever happen......so tonight......i hate pink rabbit's... Jun 3, 2011 4 comments Share Leave Comment: Pink rabbits aren’t real? They are when you engage them. How magical are we, that we can bring polyester fluff to life at will!! No other species can do that. You are a singer and a poet, just like your dream prayer when you were young. It may have been an illusion when you were a kid first picking up a pen or guitar, but now that rabbit dances. I know personally that some of your songs don’t sink into me until later, which is a true sign of art, that it revisits... For instance, in Unanswered Prayers, I never did get the line “repair the prayers of the past”...I thought you just stuck it in there for a convenient rhyme. Then, on a night walk listening to my ipod, it became clear. Many of our prayers are for things...recognition, wealth, health for ourselves or others, as if there’s a Santa Claus in the sky who doesn’t know what we need. I think the only true prayer can be “I trust..” You are a good man who examines life, who struggles and stumbles and sometimes succeeds and in you and your songs, we see hope...the pink rabbit of us. That’s nobility at its best. Willie, smart as she is and still so connected to magic and angels and imagination and possibility, knows that if she coos and giggles at your animated pink rabbit efforts, she’ll have you believing in the power of your own magic soon enough. Trust. xo, terri by terri (Jun 4, 2011) oops...the above quoted song should have been "What If Today Were My Last." :o) by terri (Jun 4, 2011) You are filled with magic, I witness it every time. And at least for those of us here in this little world... we need dreamers just like you. by Shari (Jun 4, 2011) Thank God for little Pink Rabbits To be honest, I hope Willie hangs on to her dreams of the Little Pink Rabbit being alive as long as she can…and enjoy it. An adult who possesses certain child-like qualities such as seeing the good in people, seeing all possibilities in life, having dreams, seeing the beauty in life and appreciating the beauty in life…is an amazing thing. My favorite quote is from the movie,”The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”…”This world we live in is full of enchantment for those with the eyes to see it.” Your life is not an illusion. Your dream is a reality. You can express your visions beautifully in your words and music. You are following your dream, and living your dream…how many people can say that? Long live Pink Rabbits! by Mary Ann (Jun 8, 2011) Please log-in or register to have your photo appear beside your comment. Name: Comment: Enter the following security word:
Add Your Message JoeB Carl Junction, Missouri Dec 30, 2012 @ 1:57 AM My fiance and I are getting married on January 19th. We're going to Alabama for our honeymoon, so I looked up the Workplay Theater to see who was playing that week. Turns out that your playing there on the 20th, so we bought our tickets. I've been to the Workplay before, and they had extra concert flyers for the street teams. If I got a flyer, would you autograph it for us so we can have a cool honeymoon souvenir. We would be most appreciative. Thanks if you can. Understandable if you can't though. Either way, it's going to be a great show, I'm sure. Joe and Linda drohe Mundelein, Illinois, United States Jul 25, 2012 @ 2:02 PM All I can say is that everyone has Dreams .....some good and some bad.....one of my Best Dreams is about to become reality. Can't Wait for August 11, 2012 !!! Michael, Welcome Back to Mundelein where a bunch of your biggest and oldest Fans can't wait to hear you and Heather perform. dr Willi Hollenstein Switzerland Jul 1, 2012 @ 4:44 AM Hi Michael! I would like to see and hear you once with your fantastic music here in Switzerland!!!I'm a longtime fan since 620 West Surf and I have all your cd's and many dvd's! I'm looking forward to " Hit me back "!! Best wishes from Switzerland preachr Grand Coulee, WA Jun 5, 2012 @ 6:47 PM Been a fan since I heard Paint You A Song on your 2004 Live At Shubas. It blew me away. The visual aspects of your lyrics are amazing. I've always tried to write like that. If cornered, and under duress, I would have to say that it along with 'Still Ain't Over You Yet' are my faves. Anyway, enough of the fan gushing. I got two questions, is ther any chance you'll be making it up here to the Great Northwest, and is there any chance you will release a studio version of Paint You A Song? God bless. Mark Joliet May 25, 2012 @ 4:49 PM I love you music Michael!! I get so wet when I hear your voice!! wolferino Chicago Oct 30, 2011 @ 2:38 AM Thank you for the great show tonight, and especially for being so gracious toward my wife and me in speaking with us after the show and signing her CD and my hat. I'd like to send you a message regarding something that we have in common regarding our recent losses, but not in a public forum. You have my email from my signup tonight. Please send me a message there. I'd like to add to what I was able to say in the crowded space we were in. Like I told you tonight, it will get better, but will never go away. And that is a good thing, believe it or not. Peace. And God bless you and all of your loved ones. loretta Merrillville,IN. United States Jun 14, 2011 @ 7:28 PM Hi Michael and Heather We so enjoyed ourself Saturday night at the Front Porch. Was that a great little place or what. We loved your new songs. The night was just so wounderful. I got great pictures of us and the show i will bring them to Lincoln Hall show. I just have to say i felt we all hit it off like we had nown each other forever. Heather i so loved the way we bonded. It is great to meet new friends and thats how i felt. Michael and yourself are so down to earth. I would have texted Heather by now but i lost my phone in a cup holder in the limo and they are having to take panels out to get to it. My luck !! I should have it by Wednesday i hope. Anyway so looking forward to our next meeting. You know chicago so you guys make the after show plans. We are getting a Hotel as close to the show as we can. Until then God Bless !!!! Oh and try to have shirts and as ya seen i need a bigen. LOL atleast a 2x. And Happy Fathers Day Michael!!!!!!!!!!!! Loretta and Bryan Denise NY Jun 4, 2011 @ 1:55 PM your songwriting may not save the people you love in the literal sense of the word, but for myself, it touches me and moves me and makes me think about things, good or bad, in such ways that I never had before. There's a lot to be said for that and I thank you. Love the pink rabbits. They bring your daughter joy as your music does. Gregg Gurnee, IL Jan 10, 2011 @ 11:10 AM Your show on NYE was FABULOUS!!! My wife and I thought you were by far the best act of the evening. Thanks for the wonderful time. chevypanel St. Charles, MO Oct 25, 2010 @ 6:38 PM Glad I found your website. Was bored and typed your name and Mike Jordans on Google. Amazing. Would love to hear you again. Have to come to Chicago or somewhere I guess. Add your message: To have your photo appear beside your message: log-in or register. Name: Location: Message: Please type the text that appears in the picture below:

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