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What an Incredibly Sad Day.....
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What an Incredibly Sad Day..... My hero, David Bowie, is gone. He was a true individual, a visionary and someone who believed deeply in pushing the boundaries and looking in all the dark places in art and music and culture and gender and sexuality and the human experience. This world is a better place because of him and I so very grateful to have discovered him when I was 12. Why does this post belong on FriendFinder-x? If you're a Bowie fan then I don't need to explain. If you aren't, then you should know that he wasn't just a singer/songwriter...he was one of the most important people to influence the culture of sexuality and gender in the last 50 years. He helped shape the culture we live in today. On a more personal note, he showed me that I didn't have to "decide" if I was one thing or another...I could explore my identity and my sexuality and not put a label on myself. I could be everything. I could be nothing. It was all part of me. He showed me, for example, that men can be both<b> androgynous </font></b>and very masculine at the same time. He showed me that we can be vulnerable and emotional and also extremely intelligent at the same time. He showed me we can be wildly creative and very logical at the same time...we don't have to choose. Strangely enough, while reading the many tributes posted online for him today, I realized I haven't been nearly as provocative as I'd like to be in my own life. Too often I find myself doing what is comfortable, instead of exploring those dark places where I occasionally visit before I slip back into my "safe" little existence. How did Bowie do it so gracefully and calmly? At the end, he knew he was dying. What would I be doing if I were incredibly rich, had already had a very long and profound career and I knew I was going to die? Would I be working? Would I be producing my final work, all the while keeping it to myself to be the ultimate surprise after I'm gone? What must he have been thinking about in his final days when he carefully crafted an emotional goodbye to us all? He died on his own terms. He lived on his own terms. He loved on his own terms. He created works on his own terms. Farewell sweet prince. You'll be missed. |
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A very sad loss along with Natalie Cole and all the others who leave their music, voices and other talents behind. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Nicely said. Thank you.
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Very talented man and given so much to the music industry. He is up with there with the spiders from mars and Ziggy Stardust somewhere!!!
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