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A Sense of Doubt blog post #3628 - SoD Reprint of #904 from 2017: Reflecting on the Time You Left - David Bowie
Catching up.
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In a 2002 interview, David Bowie reflected on aging by asking, "How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?". He answered this by focusing on family and intense creative output, releasing four acclaimed albums—including his final work Blackstar—and stepping away from touring to spend time with his wife and daughter.
Key Actions Bowie Took with His Remaining Time:
- Creative Productivity: He worked urgently to compose, record, and create videos, viewing his art as a way to achieve immortality.
- Focus on Family: He stepped away from the public eye and touring to spend quality time with his wife and daughter.
- Acceptance and Challenge: Instead of succumbing to despair regarding his mortality, he actively challenged death through the release of his final, deeply personal music.
Bowie's approach to his final years was characterized by a conscious decision to make his remaining time purposeful through art and love, rather than fear.
Link to the reprint and the original post reprinted below:
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Catching up.
Second reprint of three in a series.
BOWIE MONTH.
Link to the original post reprinted below:
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #904 - Reflections- Bowie - the Time Left
Hi Mom, Not to bring down the party, but I didn't post a blog today. I let the day go by as I reflected and spent a day of doing basically nothing productive.
Okay, not true, I ran some errands, including going to the pet store to buy food for Ellory. I should count that as a productive thing.
But here at home, I am surrounded by things to do and did not muster the wherewithal to do most of them.
I am not depressed. I just needed a day of whatever.
I had several other plans for a post to catch up on this day, and then I spotted this Bowie message on Twitter.
It seemed a good one to share and share with not much else.
The message speaks for itself without me adding to it beyond, as I did, placing it in the context of my day of reflection.
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Reflect and connect.
Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.
I miss you so very much, Mom.
Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
- Days ago = 906 days ago
- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1712.26 - 10:10
NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2501.23 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3492 days ago & DAD = 148 days ago
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Link to the original post reprinted below:
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #904 - Reflections- Bowie - the Time Left
Hi Mom, Not to bring down the party, but I didn't post a blog today. I let the day go by as I reflected and spent a day of doing basically nothing productive.Okay, not true, I ran some errands, including going to the pet store to buy food for Ellory. I should count that as a productive thing.
But here at home, I am surrounded by things to do and did not muster the wherewithal to do most of them.
I am not depressed. I just needed a day of whatever.
I had several other plans for a post to catch up on this day, and then I spotted this Bowie message on Twitter.
It seemed a good one to share and share with not much else.
The message speaks for itself without me adding to it beyond, as I did, placing it in the context of my day of reflection.
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Reflect and connect.
Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.
I miss you so very much, Mom.
Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
- Days ago = 906 days ago
- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1712.26 - 10:10
NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2501.23 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3492 days ago & DAD = 148 days ago
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2601.23 - 10:`10
- Days ago: MOM = 3857 days ago & DAD = 512 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
- Days ago: MOM = 3857 days ago & DAD = 512 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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