Other people are saying it better than I could today, so I’ll let them say it. I just want to post this blog as well to add my own raised hand. RIP, David Bowie.
Modern Love really is my Bowie jam pic.twitter.com/tNkZGFYbpS
— Gregor Smith (@flc) January 11, 2016
"Look up here, I'm in Heaven.
I've got scars that can't be seen.
I've got drama, can't be stolen.
Everybody knows me now."
Goddamn.
— Thomas L. Strickland (@ThomasLS) January 11, 2016
— Christa Mrgan (@antichrista) January 11, 2016
And then there’s this, which is being attributed to the actor Simon Pegg, but was actually retweeted by someone named Simon Pegg (not the actor) on Twitter. Still a great sentiment:
If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie.
— Dean Podestá (@JeSuisDean) January 10, 2016
I’ll add one mention of own and that’s the fact that David Bowie was an artist in every sense of the word. Music, theatre, fashion, you name it. And he just kept doing his thing regardless of popular culture, so much so that, for a time, he was “pop”.
That’s the dream, I think. Doing it well, doing it for a long time, doing it your own way.
RIP, David Bowie.