David Bowie

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Like most of the internet, I woke up this morning to the news that David Bowie had passed away.
I have really strong feelings about this and i”m not sure how to articulate them.
David Bowie was probably the first three dimensional man I had a crush on. I’d had crushes on fictional characters already, Peter from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Almanzo from Farmer Boy, but David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King was a revelation. I watched Labyrinth twelve times in one weekend and that had a great deal to do with my personal aesthetic.
Ziggie Stardust
the Goblin King
The Hunger
Tin Machine
Diamond Dogs

I could keep going, but we all know who David Bowie is and what he put into the world.
When I was nine I watched Labyrinth and decided that I, a different Sara, would do it all better than Jennifer Connoly’s Sarah. I was goign to find my way into the Labyrinth someday and dance all night with the Goblin King.
I’m still not sure that someday I won’t.