If you stroll down a particular long and winding road through Central Park, you'll find a knoll that happens to be in the shape of a teardrop. Known as Strawberry Fields, this hidden sanctuary houses the world famous Imagine mosaic, honoring the late, great musician, John Lennon and his quest for world peace.
There is always an assembly of people gathered around the mosaic, they hail from varying of social stratum, ethnicities and religions with one interest in common - a desire to pay homage to a man who wanted to maximize human potential. They do so in different ways: strumming guitars along with Beatles songs, snapping photos, painting portraits, or simply thinking about tomorrow.
I visit Strawberry Fields not only as a fan of Lennon's music, but more so a fan of a man whose personal wounds and pitfalls pushed his courageous art form to a new level that reached so many more than an average musician. It is this brilliance that transformed John Lennon from a "Nowhere Man" into a "Working Class Hero."
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