A Blue Flame

A Blue Flame

Written by Veron Graham

Topics: Blog

In many ways this is what exploring truth is for me…

“The very first thing I remember in my early childhood is a flame, a blue flame jumping off a gas stove somebody lit…. I remember being shocked by the whoosh of the blue flame jumping off the burner, the suddenness of it….That stove flame is as clear as music is in my mind. I saw that flame and felt fear, real fear, for the first time in my life. But I remember it also like some kind of adventure, some kind of weird joy, too….The fear I had was almost like an invitation, a challenge to go forward into something I knew nothing about. That’s where I think my personal philosophy of life and my commitment to everything I believe in started, with that moment….In my mind I have always believed and thought since then that my motion had to be forward, away from the heat of that flame.” -Miles Davis.