LOVING THE ALIEN

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In Spanish 

"Just gonna have to be a different manTime may change me

But I can't trace time" David  Bowie - Changes

Ever since David Bowie is my idol, I've been looking for a funny, complex, intelligent and a little weird guy, or maybe was my hunger for dysfunctional freaks  what attracted me to Bowie in the first place. I don't know for sure, is the chicken-egg dilemma. But here, as in multiplication, the order of the factors does not affect the results: David Bowie is my hero, and he embodies my love for eccentricities.

He is not my idol because he manage to create the widest range musically speaking: that goes from the invention of glam-rock, the use of synths before the 80's, really exquisite soul, 90's mainstream, some electronic, experimental, to industrial rock. Neither because he is a brilliant composer, and a pretty good producer (f.e. the Idiot), or because his artistic persona covers some Broadway, acting, painting and sculpting; all of it matters, of course! and is part of the package, but there's so much talent out there, that Bowie is my special one because he knows when and how to change, switching styles trough time, as often as he feels like it, proving that he can be as versatile as his imagination, holding to his personal brand: style, quality and edgy elegance.

David Bowie is a  sophisticated skinny dude, with sharp sense of humor, and exquisite weirdness (as his eyes). He made me magnify my taste towards androgyny, and is because of him that I can't connect with simple minded dudes. I don't like the GI Joe kind of guys, in other words I'm not attracted to typically alpha males whatsoever. Bowie has taught me that guys can be as softy, freaky and gentlemanly as they want without being less of a man.

Each single time that Bowie thinks is enough of his image, as Felix the cat, takes out of the magic bag a brand new character, a reinvention of himself, other stage to explore, so he spend his time creating soundtracks of each stage, until he decides is enough and start all over again. David Bowie is a genius and in today's world in which everything is being replaced by newer versions, let me tell you something: Bowie is a living example, of continual improvement. Otherwise who would have thought that this junkie of the beginning of the 70's, that looks like a character of a Wes Anderson movie, with the freakiest marriage, is nowadays quite normal: he is married with Iman, and a committed father. 

David taught me that is not "reason" or "conscience" what makes us special, is the ability of reinvention. He said that when you find out that you are far from what you want, the only thing to do is wake up the next morning and change, the spiders from mars are the limit. 

 

Bowie's reinvention is a prove that change is a right, you have the right to change your mind, to change your ways; he said that his constant transformation was also a way of not fit in any stereotypes, because we are use to classify and label others just with a sight, but complexity means different facets, with more information and possible combinations in between. 

That's why  David Bowie is a kaleidoscope, is an example of how we don't have to be black, white, red or blue, we are allowed to have as many  refinements as we want without wear down. David Bowie knows how to change, sing, perform, write, and overall inspire me, that's why he is my hero.