Journal #37

Right now I am listening to a song.  There is no singing and I find it quite soothing.  It is jazz and blues mixed together in one.  The song is called "Blue Monk" and it is by the Thelonious Monk Quartet.  Right away I think of a monk, which makes sense because it is in the title of the song.  The monk is bald and he is wearing a brown robe with sandals.  In his hands, he has a saxophone that is silver and gold with shiny buttons.  The strap on the saxophone was made out of rainbow strings braided together.  The strings were really tough because it had to be able to carry the weight of the saxophone.  The monk is not alone.  There is a whole group of them and they are playing jazz music together.  some of them are playing the drums, while others are playing the keyboard.  There is no singing though because where they are singing is not allowed.  Usually monks are not allowed to make any noise because they are there to find their inner peace and get away from the noisy and busy world.  But these monks that I am talking about are different.  They can play music in their free time when they are not learning or being peaceful.  One of the monks is wearing a pink bracelet.  It represents his love for pigs.  Yes I am really thinking that.  I do not know why but for some reason that popped into my mind.  I almost put pooped instead of popped.  That could have been bad.  Anyways, the monk really likes pigs and he wears it because back at home he has a farm.  His best friend is a pig named Chuck.  They gave each other friendship bracelets so they would not forget about each other while they were separated.  All of the monks were thoroughly enjoying their time together as they made music with their instruments!