"I’m Thinking That It Must Be Love"
198*:
Love at first sight.
About thirty years later:
A two Soulmates conversation.
Remembering the eternal David Bowie. January 10th, 2016.
"Apparently, we get lost between conversations even before we see each other: yesterday you didn't tell me about Bowie thing anymore!"
"F*ck! Since today I've been thinking the exact same thing! Proving that we are the absolute masters of digression, we then got lost in a thousand other conversations!
Well. Since David Bowie is your "religious orientation", I will now tell you how it became mine"
"It’s not the side-effects of the cocaine, I’m thinking that it must be love" ... directly from "Station to Station!"
"Oh my God! I die for this song! I love it, not only for the lyrics and the music, but also for the love it gave birth to!"
"Oh... Tell me!"
"Well. And when I start like this, you’re finished!"
"Hey! That's all I'm waiting for!"
"Well. Let me start by saying that I already knew David Bowie, but more as an actor than as a singer. Just think that, at the time, I didn't even know that it was him who sang the famous "Let's Dance". I think I was about twelve years old, because was in the middle school.
One day, an amazing teacher came to my school for a drug addiction prevention project. The teacher told us about a German little girl who, years earlier, had become a heroin addict at almost our age, and he strongly recommended reading her book. But fate would have it that, in those days, the movie was broadcast on TV and I rushed to watch it. I still remember the beginning... "Piss and shit everywhere!" and Christiane getting a tattoo on her hand.
Well. Since I'm already digress, because I have a billion things to say on the movie and the book too, I'll skip straight to David Bowie!"
“You know, the first book I bought in my life was “Christiane F. we kids from Berlin Zoo”. Then I watched the movie, again and again”
"Oh my God! It's incredibile... "
"Yes... we're talking about a book and movie that are very, very important to me. Continued!"
"Then, comes the scene when Christiane goes to Bowie's concert with her toxic friend. I was already all excited because I had just listened "Heroes", in that memorable scene where Christiane, Detlef and their friends run like crazy in the deserted Europa Center, laughing and doing a thousand stupid things! The scene ends with Christiane and Detlef together on the terrace, watching the sunrise. Unforgettable!
"Heroes" had driven me crazy, but it was still nothing compared to the shock I had afterwards!"
"Sure, I guess! Continued!"
"Now imagine: about 198* - 198*, I was already listening a lot of the music that you and me love, but also a lot, a lot... metal! Forgive me, I know you hate it! 80s hair and glam metal too! Big hair, heavy makeup, motorcycles, spectacular shows, strippers, and various exaggerations!
WELL. In the growing emotion before the start of the concert, suddenly the lights opens and HE arrives, with his red jacket!"
"Eh... "
"And what does he do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Just his entrance and presence on stage is enough to hypnotize the audience. Gently touch the microphone and start singing. It almost doesn't move! Sublime!"
"Immense charm... you said well, very, very well. It's the same effect it had on me! I swear. The same..."
"Station to Station"… all Bowie's songs are masterpieces, but this is the favourite, because it introduced me to Bowie's immense and genial universe and made me fall in love with his art"
"The elegance, the mangnetism is had, was inexplicable!"
Even today it's not the side-effects of the cocaine, I'm sure it's True Love.
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錚錚作響眺遠山
尺八繚繞畫中仙
咚咚缽敲靜心曲
不覺已造生之巔
─ (七絕/Qiyan jueju-It's a type of Chinese jueju poetry) 布魯斯(Bruce )以樂繪畫“葛飾北齋”poem : Bruce draws that "Katsushika Hokusai" with music by Chu Lan.
Beautiful! There is absolutely no doubt that the "acoustics" of your creations can "create landscapes". I listened to it over and over again. Not only did his paintings appear in front of my eyes, but you also aroused my poetry… I was also intoxicated with your music fall into his paintings. love it very much. Bruce, Thank you reminded me to listen, although I'm busying weekend XD. Lan~*
The Inume Pass in Kai Province (Kōshū Inume tōge), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
葛飾北齋 Katsushika Hokusai
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As far back as I can recall, I’ve only ever drawn her playing one instrument, I believe. Ancient old long lost art of her playing bagpipes from decades ago.
So here’s a recreation of that in her current version and style. Was pretty fun to draw.
So enjoy!
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