Starman
Despite being a globally celebrated icon and super-legend, I did not grow up with any familiarity of David Bowie. Of course I had heard his name, but his music was on the very long ban list. I hadn't even watched the Labyrinth until I was an adult. Of course, it took years after becoming independent for me to learn of David Bowie, simply because I had no idea where to musically start with the unfiltered world before me. Confessing that I didn't know about David Bowie has historically been shocking for people. Many people are more shocked by this revelation than when I tell them I'm gay. It's like coming out all over again. Being so culturally naive sometimes makes me feel... alien... which is the appeal to me of David Bowie; embracing the fragile isolation within our impermanent human experience and understanding that compassion and love are all that matters at the end of our existential journey. This portrait of David Bowie is the cover of his album "Young Amer