Good evening lovelies,
I wanted to start out this year not with a homework assignment, but with a memorial. As I'm sure most of you have heard by now, the world unexpectedly woke up to the news that David Bowie had passed away after fighting cancer for the past 18 months. Me and my partner especially took the news hard, having grown up with and appreciating his music, and how his life had always been a performance in one way or another, and pushed the boundaries for us in ways now that directly and indirectly have resulted in groups like ours existing in the first place. He pushed the boundaries on gender fluidity and sexuality way back when it was taboo to even broach the topics, let alone completely blurring the lines in the way that he did...
The thing that I am finding that I am struggling with right now but also in awe of is how even in the end, he lived his life on his terms, confronting his mortality in the ways that he best knew; his music. That he gave it his all to write and produce one more album for the world as a final farewell. I feel this is very fitting for someone who decided his entire career to carve his own path and never wanted to be held back by people because he was different. He lived life to his fullest, and by his own terms... I wish I had the courage to fully live the way that he did. I wish that I could step at the door at the person I truly wish to be. I don't have that full strength and courage yet, but I will someday. It is a more open world because of what he did, and it is more possible than ever before. Thank you for your music, for what you did in this life, and I hope that you are resting peacefully among the stars.
@Rambo , @lyxzen , @Missy , @midnightsun@Bloghomework, @beyla, @nwalmn
