His Purpleness -- Prince -- rebel artist extraordinaire transcended physical reality yesterday at the young age of 57. For me, this man was a Legend who shaped my life at a crucial moment, who directed me onto a different pathway than the one I was on.
In 1984, my father had just died, my boyfriend of 5 years had just left me and I was getting very sick working 14 hours a day, 6 days a week in an effort to break through the glass ceiling in a big company. Right then, at that specific moment in time, I walked into a movie theatre and beheld my first of fifteen viewings of Prince's Purple Rain. I was stunned, breathtaken, moved beyond anything I could have imagined. This movie struck deep in me. It touched the soul of an infinite waiting to burst free of her human existence shackles. I discovered what it was to be a rebel, to dare the extraordinary, to wreak my wondrous havoc upon the world. I saw a genius who dared express himself boldly, gently, powerfully, emotionally, geniusly on the big screen and I was forever changed.
To me, Prince was a Legend, a man beyond his time who showed so many of us how to unleash the rebellion of ourselves into Life! So what is it about beings like Prince, David Bowie, Robin Williams, Leonard Nimoy ... all of whom have transcended the planet in the last year ... that makes them so legendary?
It's not just that they're great at what they do. It's that they shaped generations of us. Made us laugh and sing and dance wildly. Touched us deeply and asked us to become something better, something more than the norm was asking of us. I believe this is the reason we're put onto the planet ... to make Life grander, more awesome, more fulfilling for all those who dwell upon it. And we can't do that if we constantly live inside human boxes, trapping ourselves into a life of the mundane, the ordinary, the boring. Becoming a legend in your own right requires you to rebel, not in a nasty, fighting kind of way, but in a genius kind of way.
If you want to become a legend, living the extraordinary, then dwell in the legendary and bring your genius contribution to the planet! Go bold, be daring, seek more awesomeness in your life than you can possibly bear! Because once you decide to be legendary, the Legend comes to live in you powering everything you touch and Life on Earth will never be the same again!
In 1984, my father had just died, my boyfriend of 5 years had just left me and I was getting very sick working 14 hours a day, 6 days a week in an effort to break through the glass ceiling in a big company. Right then, at that specific moment in time, I walked into a movie theatre and beheld my first of fifteen viewings of Prince's Purple Rain. I was stunned, breathtaken, moved beyond anything I could have imagined. This movie struck deep in me. It touched the soul of an infinite waiting to burst free of her human existence shackles. I discovered what it was to be a rebel, to dare the extraordinary, to wreak my wondrous havoc upon the world. I saw a genius who dared express himself boldly, gently, powerfully, emotionally, geniusly on the big screen and I was forever changed.
To me, Prince was a Legend, a man beyond his time who showed so many of us how to unleash the rebellion of ourselves into Life! So what is it about beings like Prince, David Bowie, Robin Williams, Leonard Nimoy ... all of whom have transcended the planet in the last year ... that makes them so legendary?
It's not just that they're great at what they do. It's that they shaped generations of us. Made us laugh and sing and dance wildly. Touched us deeply and asked us to become something better, something more than the norm was asking of us. I believe this is the reason we're put onto the planet ... to make Life grander, more awesome, more fulfilling for all those who dwell upon it. And we can't do that if we constantly live inside human boxes, trapping ourselves into a life of the mundane, the ordinary, the boring. Becoming a legend in your own right requires you to rebel, not in a nasty, fighting kind of way, but in a genius kind of way.
If you want to become a legend, living the extraordinary, then dwell in the legendary and bring your genius contribution to the planet! Go bold, be daring, seek more awesomeness in your life than you can possibly bear! Because once you decide to be legendary, the Legend comes to live in you powering everything you touch and Life on Earth will never be the same again!