This has been an emotional week for me for a couple reasons: a 10-day intense backbending workshop (known to increase sensitivity) and the untimely death of Michael Jackson. It seems out of place even for me to be hurt by MJ’s passing, since I was not a real fan of his. Although I loved his music and greatly appreciated his contribution to entertainment, it did not extend beyond that.

After his death there was an outpouring of emotion that seemed somewhat hypocritical to me, as I’m sure for others as well. For over a decade he was judged and ridiculed incessantly. But as soon as he died, all the judgments ever written about him seemed to slip from everyone’s memory, showing us that we didn’t know a good thing until it was gone. Read the rest of this post»