Fame: it's a strange thing now isn't it? I like
thinking of unconventional fame. I mean, there
are those obvious famous people like Britney and
Christina and Paris - but, allot this this is
synthetically produced and not of an organic
nature. Britney and Christina were desperate for
fame and were basically as children programmed
for fame by the big corporate machine - which in
a way is still responsible for their fame.
Staying power? Well, I think you need organic
fame for this most of the time and this lies the
more tricky and strange organic fame.
I believe some people are born w/ fame. Sure
maybe born into a famous family but it's more
than that for me - I see how some people can be
born famous - There's "something" about them and
some can make it by navigating themselves so
that the rest of us can find their fame - like -
get to know who they are - become aware of them.
This could take time or not. And even if these
people do not achieve world wide fame (like
being on or mentioned on Fox & Friends) they are
still somehow known within their own sleepy
little town and there's still something about
them.
Take Jim Morrison - There was something about
him - And he could of gone many ways - But
because of his keen navigational skills he
became Jim Morrison of the World Famous Doors -
Dead Poet Laughing with the soul of a magical
clown in an organic, spiritual universe. It just
took a while for people to get to know his name.
And, in and by and of his death - he became and
remains world wide famous and is burned into the
imaginative fabric of pop culture like Andy
Warhol. Andy surely was always famous - you see,
for some of us just the way we think and
perceive things - perceive and live life and
influence others is in essence real poetry - you
can say that these people have a famous way of
looking at things, feeling things, saying and
doing things w/ a special, magical intent that
isn't associated w/ any debt to weigh you down.
Some of us make main stream consciousness and
some of us don't.
Wallace Fowlie, James B. Duke Professor
Emeritus of French and Italian Literature, Duke
University, (please type in his name in Yahoo
search or read his NY Times Obituary if you
aren't familiar w/ this treasure hidden beneath
the facade of cheesy stardom) once told me that
I have the ability to fire off history like
Whitman, the sexual imagery of Henry Miller and
the navigational skills of Jim Morrison.
Cheers, Old Sports!
John French
MossHead-7
http://www.mystrawhat.com
