“I can see clearly now.” (Johnny Nash, 1972)

A truly great song & stonking video (the best bit comes right at the end) - via @mikewarburton

VIDEO DIRECTOR: I thought we’d shoot in Jamaica. Palm trees, sandy beach, girls in bikinis...

JOHNNY: Let me stop you there. I want horses in stables, ardent forest & a little old lady dressed as a waitress pouring me a cup of tea from a silver tea pot in an English Stately Home

JOHNNY: One other thing. In the middle of the video I want at least 10 seconds of just of the sky

VIDEO DIRECTOR: Just sky?! For 10 seconds?! In the middle of the video

JOHNNY: Yeah. Just blue sky

VD: But Johnny, we're shooting in black & white

JOHNNY: You arguing with me?

JOHNNY: Also I want lots of close-ups. Close-ups of garden furniture

VIDEO DIRECTOR: Garden furniture?!

JOHNNY: Yeah. You know. Tables & chairs & shit. And I want close-ups of the horse...and close-ups of the old lady...and close-ups of the chickens

VIDEO DIRECTOR: Chickens?!

In 1966, Johnny Nash met & signed Bob Marley in Jamaica

He recorded "I Can See Clearly Now" in London in 1972 (hence the video!)

While promoting the single, Nash & Bob Marley played a free gig at Peckham Manor School after a chance encounter with an art teacher in Ronnie Scotts

Herman Hesse described passion as "the friction between one's soul & the outside world"

Anyone who's passionate about what they do will recognise this description

Other people may feel like obstacles, but it’s your job to communicate your passion: to help them see your vision.