wow…i’ve been away.
[listening to 'you' by radiohead]
i’ve spent the last hour or so watching oprah winfrey’s 1993 interview with michael jackson. i find that my sympathy deepens more as the days pass. my heart breaks for his family, his children. for the way he has been vilified by media. what is true and not arguable is that the day michael jackson’s soul left this earth we truly lost a dynamic spirit. nothing else would explain the reach of this man. his rare ability to connect is unexplainable and more than astounding. we will never see a person quite like this.
so many people are so quick to call him names, attack his character. he’s been called a lot of things…but do these people really know? did they ever meet him? did they ever have access to him? how can you call someone something and be so sure that’s what they are when you don’t know and there’s no law that said otherwise? why are we so limited in our thinking and understanding of each other? and why is it that the greater/smarter/more talented person you are…you often get criticized and picked apart even more? why are we so threatened by ambition as if it would take something away from us?
who else can claim having a spot in the guinness book of world records for being the most charitable star? who else can equal the depth of michael jackson’s giving?
why would he even care?
michael jackson is many things to me. i’m blessed to have seen his brilliance in my lifetime. he inspires me more.
i’m in awe of the way he feels music so much that his body responds perfectly to it. he teaches me about sounds when i listen to him talk about his creative process. someone who feels so deeply has to have such an open mind, such an open heart an inward responsive spirit that i guess at times they do stand out as ‘different’ but why is different something negative or wrong?
the message i’ll try and hold to me from michael jackson’s life and example is to simply be my best.
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