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EVEN IN DEATH, DAVID BOWIE IS ONE STEP AHEAD OF US

David Bowie represented the future of music, fashion, and celebrity for half a century. Leaping from London to New York, Berlin, and Mars, he dragged the sound of the world behind him like a traveller strutting through the airport with a rolling suitcase. He was a spiritual liberator, a chameleon who unlocked the door for teenage freaks everywhere and made a perfect lodestar for a world wrangling with new ideas about identity. Even in death, he remains one step ahead of everyone who loved and respected him. Blackstar, the album he released three days before his death from cancer at age 69, now feels less like a late-career revitalization — uncommon, but not unprecedented — than an invitation to contemplate the swirling maelstrom of ideas, memories, and sensations that lies beyond.

“For many photographers, one of the most daunting tasks is loading a Rolleiflex TLR camera. While not very difficult, when approached haphazardly, one can feel a bit like the proverbial one-armed wallpaper hanger.”

Extraordinary quotes from Neil Gaiman in relation to his book The Sleeper and the Spindle.