Generally known by his stage name Stevie Wonder is Stevland Hardaway Morris. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan in the United States as Stevland Hardaway Judkins.  He is an acclaimed artist with skills as a musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.  Blinded shortly after birth and he was a child prodigy signing with Motown records at the age of 11.

Visions was the second track on side one of the Innervisions album.  Winning a Grammy award for Album of the Year and Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording in 1974. The album has also survived the test of time and was ranked number 23 on the Rolling Stones magazine’s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.  Visions was not one of the hits from the album but is the centre piece of the album carrying the title words.

What we like

• There are so many tracks on the album of Innervisions that describe the pain that is created in the world.  This track allows us to discover that there may be a possible alternative

Soul experience

• We have been privilege to be present at Stevie’s concerts in Sydney, Australia.  On stage he shares his love extending through his gestures, through his joy and definitely through his music.  The sound of his voice was so clear that you could close your eyes and imagine that you were listening to the track at home.  So clear and profoundly uplifting

To reflect on

• People hand in hand
  Have I lived to see the milk and honey land?
  Where hate’s a dream and love forever stands
  Or is this a vision in my mind?

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