Friday, June 26
singing and dancing
yesterday an impromptu evening walk with a friend, a late night mocha and to our surprise a giant outdoor screen of willy wonka and the chocolate factory ( the original of course).
yes i know perfect!
but also this thought
i am glad that i do not have television, well channels. i would not want to see all commentary on his death, speculation, finger pointing, people who want a minute of fame. so this post is on what i know;
you made me want to dance a whole lot. you made me want to sing all the time even being tone deaf like i am. you had me begging my mum to stay up late on weekdays to see you perform one of your magical moves and i spent hours the next day practicing with friends and hell yes i can do the moon walk! i watched your videos and they were artistic inspiration- visionary work.
i can not imagine your childhood. we have seen that it must not have been easy and i wonder where was that one person telling you that you were great for who you are, not what you can do. i wonder if your mother ever read you a story in bed. if you had to perform even when you were feeling sick as a boy. did you attend school and make friends of your very own and use tiny scissors to cut colorful paper. i think about your self esteem being a number and how much you must have disliked yourself so much to want to change every single thing about you, i wonder how money and fame hungry were these surgeons that did this damaging work to you. I wonder if you felt real love and had butterflies in your belly. now i do not know what is true and untrue about the things that would make you a monster, i hope not micheal. i hope not. but if it is so i am so sorry for everyone and wonder if you can still make it better in heaven stop the cycle kind a thing. that you did not find peace in your future makes me sad. because when i remember my youth, teenage years there is happiness, singing, being zombies on the front lawn.
thank you for that. now rest and find that peace.
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Perfect. I have watched a bit of tv and had to turn it off. This is the very best tribute/offering I can imagine. Yes, yes, yes.
I feel the same way. I mourn the loss of part of the soundtrack of my youth...
May he rest in peace.
what a fitting tribute.
beautiful nadia. i had tears and such similar thoughts.
Beautifully written!!!
so well expressed - a beautiful tribute.
So well said. I have tears in my eyes.
We didn't get a tv after this last move, and I forgot how much it would be being dissected on all channels. Gross.
a really lovely post. thank you.
wow, you really captured how others saw him and perhaps how he saw himself. i do know that he left a creative mark on the planet, and there are not others who've left such marks. so for that, and perhaps that only, i think the world as a whole is sad today.
True, I also wish I didn't have television,although I don't watch it a lot - but since yesterday evening I can't help watching the news... maybe a way to come to terms, don't know. but these words are just beautiful and I love that you have pay your own tribute to michael- thank you.
Your compassion is remarkable Nadia.
Man in The Mirror was always my favorite song of his, in which he so urgently wants to make things right. I used to listen to that one a lot, it still makes me shiver. "A Summer's disregard, a broken bottle top and one man's soul..."
Oh such a beautiful tribute. I too don't watch tv or even have channels - don't miss it, would so much rather read words like yours.
what a touching tribute ... and the embroidery above is lovely ...
Such a wonderful tribute.
Beautifully written. So beautiful that I took the liberty of linking to this post in my Norwegian blog.
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