John Abbey "Fear of Falling"

From the May 10, 2024 Haiku Milieu Concert at The Venue in Aurora, Illinois.


For the Haiku Milieu concerts, ‪@JennyBienemann‬ invites artists to choose one of her Haiku Milieu haiku and images, and write a song inspired by it.

John Abbey wrote his song to this haiku:

"don't let it stop you
the fear of falling is worse
than falling itself"

The audience has a bird’s eye view of the process from inspiration to completed song. It is a great thrill to witness how one work of art gives rise to another, to contemplate how different works of art forged of the same initial impulse can be, and to witness the power of creativity to connect us with the world and each other.


The backing band includes @johnabbeysoup, @ethanadelsman4653, Gerald Dowd, and Matthew Pittman.