Lesson in Synchronicity

["Karen L. Newcombe" <kln@crl.com>]

Remember that Details magazine interview with Kate?  I finally got round 
to reading the interview with Carlos Castaneda in the same issue and 
stumbled on two instances of Kate related, purely coincidental, text.

Kate: "They're gonna whip her up like a helicopter"

Carlos: "We don't want to do the work -- we want to be helicoptered to 
awareness."

and

Kate: "Have you ever seen a picture of Jesus laughing . . ."

The fellow who interviewed Castaneda: "I picked one (postcard for sale) 
and gave her (homeless woman) a dollar.  I showed it to Abelar; it was a 
picture of Jesus, laughing."

Just an example of what happens when Kate lyrics get stuck in your head!  
I wouldn't think anything of the helicopter bit except that for a long 
time I thought she was singing "They're gonna wake her up like a helicopter".

This happens to me every time a new Kate album appears!  I start humming 
the songs everywhere I go and then every time I see a word that appears 
in her songs BONG! I have to look at it twice.

Also happens with snatches of songs that have similar chord 
configurations or sequences of notes to KateSongs.  Heard a fellow on the 
street playing a digeridoo last night and began singing Big Sky to myself 
as I walked home in the light drizzle/heavy fog.

P.S. I don't think this text thing has any kind of significance, it's just
that the universe is fond of patterns and she repeats herself sometimes. 

Karen Newcombe  kln@crl.com