Maybe Brooklyn is Expanding

Find his music online, it's a healthy change of pace.

There is a scene in the iconic film "Annie Hall" where the young version of Woody Allen is taken to a shrink by his mother because he is obsessed with the fact that "the Universe is expanding" and thus bad things will eventually happen that will impact everyone. His mother, frustrated, yells, "What is that your business? Brooklyn is not expanding!"

My own son has a focus similar to that young boy. No longer a child, he is now a prophet, and not for profit. He sees the truth and sings -- actually raps -- about it. Naturally his music is far less popular then the music of others of his generation who sing about having sex, being sexy, using drugs, being high, achey-breaky hearts and all those other distractions from the sad reality that half the globe is at war, billions of people are naked, starving and sleeping on dirt, rich rulers everywhere are abusing the little people while every day, thoughtless humans are abusing the planet in pursuit of pleasure.

Sadly, these truths are not that easy to dance to and thus my son's music never makes it to Billboard's Top 40.  Still, I am proud of him for remaining above the fray and insistent on getting his message out. I'm sure I don't have any solutions, but perhaps being mindful of our behavior will help a little. As for Brooklyn, it may or not be expanding, but it definitely needs some attention.