David Bowie dream, 12/16/16

[axmxz]

Almost a week after David Bowie's death, I dreamt that he and I were sitting at a table somewhere - a cheap school/college table, like one would have in a library, - and drawing

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[_grayswandir_]

This dream is amazing. :| Accidentally or not, the collaboration-drawings seem to really elegantly capture both the boldness and the inherent derivativeness of his art (which always was more like changing or twisting something familiar than actually creating any new thing that was purely his own). Maybe you've just subconsciously assimilated his cultural image really well. I have no idea what to make of the end of the dream, though. I mean, given that you have no actual feelings about him in real life. Very strange...

Incidentally, did you know he'd been offered a role on Hannibal? Apparently they wanted him to play Hannibal's uncle in S2, and his management told Brian Fuller he couldn't do it just then, but to ask again the next year if they wanted him for S3. Honestly, the fact that he didn't do Hannibal was one of a number of things that made me sort of worried about what was really going on, because that show would have been so right up his alley. He did a whole art-murder concept album back in the 90s.

I know he invented

[axmxz]

jesus christ, how do you quote in this thing?.. bleh. reminds me why livejournal is not a thing anymore.

Maybe you've just subconsciously assimilated his cultural image really well.

I guess it's cultural osmosis of some kind. I mean, living in the West you do absorb the idea that Bowie is an icon, but if you don't actually listen to his music, the whys are nebulous. The makers of Venture Bros cartoon RPFed him as "The Sovereign", a shapeshifter that headed a society of supervillains. Except he wasn't actually David Bowie, he was someThing that was also David Bowie?.. I'm sure I'm missing a whole lot of layers of meaning in all this.

I have no idea what to make of the end of the dream, though. I mean, given that you have no actual feelings about him in real life. Very strange...If I had to guess, I'd say it's because Russians tend to draw parallels between him and our Boris Grebenschikov

[_grayswandir_]

I'm sure I'm missing a whole lot of layers of meaning in all this.

Huh. Haven't seen the cartoon, so no idea, except that it's a pretty well-established fact that "David Bowie" was always a character, even apart from all the sub-characters that the character was playing. (OR, of course, alternatively, that David Bowie was real, and was actually not human at all, but rather some kind of space-alien-god-thing who merely disguised himself as a human rock star. A rock star who disguised himself as a space-alien-god-thing, that is. Er.)

Russians tend to draw parallels between him and our Boris Grebenschikov.

Yeah? I had heard of Grebenschikov, slightly (no idea where), and of course I saw the pictures you posted on FB, but didn't know anything about him. Sounds like I should check him out. Both Refuge and Bardo sound interesting, the former particularly.

in 'Russian man' years, especially in 'Russian poet' years, he's ancient.Oy. These guys

[axmxz]

(OR, of course, alternatively, that David Bowie was real, and was actually not human at all, but rather some kind of space-alien-god-thing who merely disguised himself as a human rock star. A rock star who disguised himself as a space-alien-god-thing, that is. Er.)

...Here, just watch this. XD

Yeah? I had heard of Grebenschikov, slightly (no idea where), and of course I saw the pictures you posted on FB, but didn't know anything about him. Sounds like I should check him out. Both Refuge and Bardo sound interesting, the former particularly.

Greben' also sang in English for a while, he tried to see if he can make over in the West. He did okay, make some English-language albums, but in the end he's a Russian poet, so he had to go back to what he was best at.

Here's an ancient recording of Greben' making his American TV debut on Letterman

I mean, Bowie was in a sort of similar position. He'd already had major heart surgery some twelve years ago. When he showed back up in 2013 I think everyone was sort of like, "Oh thank god, he's

[hamsterwoman]

I know he was in a movie about Goblins where the main character was apparently his crotch

This is my impression of Labyrinth (which I've also never watched) as well XD

And the dream is very cool!

[axmxz]

Thank you. I love it when my dreams follow the rule of three. :)

[lavinialavender]

What a dream, though! It was beautiful and evocative just to read it. I'm glad you returned to LJ to share!

[axmxz]

Thank you - I might come back I guess. Although 90% of my posts would be about my strawberry garden. :)

[lavinialavender]

I only just learned about it, but I am DYING to hear more about this strawberry garden.

[axmxz]

It exists! And has strawberry plants! (No berries yet.)

Here's a GIF of my first batch sprouting.

[yelena1234]

Did you have dreams like that before? I mean precognitive dreams

[axmxz]

Well, this one was very much post-cognitive (a week after Bowie's death).

But I did have at least one precognitive dream before, yes. Back in 1998.

[yelena1234]

I wonder if we "see" the future in such dreams or vice versa - our moods influence the reality) I have such dreams from time to time and it's so weird)