Season of Glass (1983)

Yoko Ono released an album titled "Season of Glass" in 1981, a year after the murder of John Lennon. After John Lennon's death, I had a dream that John Lennon and Yoko Ono visited my home and stayed overnight. In the morning, they announced that they were going to hitchhike to Seattle. Concerned, I tried to dissuade them, but they were determined to hitchhike. After they left, I felt intense fear for their lives. Then I remembered that John had already died. He couldn't die again. With this thought, I knew we had nothing to fear. In the context of the dream, Yoko was safe, too. 

 When I look at this image today, I see a young woman and a young man at the beginning of their journey together. The man who bought this painting from me remarked that it reminded him of Diego Rivera's painting from 1925 called "Flower Day." I had not seen Rivera's painting before doing my drawing but went to the library to search for a reproduction of "Flower Day" and saw why he made that connection. I love Diego Rivera's painting.

From "Season of Glass": 

Goodbye Sadness by Yoko Ono 

Goodbye sadness 

Goodbye goodbye 

I don't need you anymore 

I wet my pillow every night 

But now I saw the light 

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I don't need you anymore 

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I can't take it anymore 

Goodbye sadness 

Goodbye goodbye 

I don't need you anymore 

I lived in fear every day

But now I'm going my way

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I don't need you anymore

Goodbye goodbye sadness

I can't take it anymore 

Hello happiness

Wherever you are

I hope you hear my song

I never want to cry again

Or hold my breath in fear again

Goodbye goodbye sadness

I don't need you anymore

Goodbye goodbye sadness 

I can't take it anymore 

COMPOSED IN 1980 RECORDED IN 1981 © 1981 ONO MUSIC