When you were a teenager did you ever write a letter to your TV star or musical heart throb? I did. What was his name....Tommy? He was the guy that played on that show with the kid who had Downe's Syndrome. The theme song for the show was "ob-la-dee ob-la-dah, life goes on, oh! la la la la life goes on." Oh right, that was the name of the show - Life Goes On. Anyway, doesn't matter. So I wrote a letter to this Tommy guy - it was the one and only "fan club" letter I've ever written, which is fairly incredible when you consider that I was such a big fan of New Kids on the Block and had such a huge crush on Jordan. To my surprise, I got a response to this ridiculous little letter I wrote. It was pretty standard and lame - I had been hoping for a handwritten response telling me how unique my letter was and how mature my writing - but instead I got a stupid sticker or something. Kind of like that scene from A Christmas Story where Ralph gets his special decoder ring and, anti-climatically, is told to drink more Ovaltine.
As a self-respecting adult, I don't write "fan club" letters to heartthrobs or admirees (although I did want to write a letter to Kevin Spacey quite recently after watching his performance as Richard in Shakespeare's Richard III at the Old Vic in London - it was such a moving play and his passion was so infectious I almost felt it was my duty, as one artist to another,to let him know what an amazing job he did. It's a good thing I possess a certain laziness, which I'm sure saved me a bit of face - not to mention prevented me from wasting my time. What would I do with a sticker of Kevin Spacey, anyway?), but I did recently blog about another artist I admire - Dolan Geiman. And guess what? He commented on my blog. How cool is that?! It was a quick one-liner, but I tell you what - it made my face light when I read it. Just to think - what I write DOES makes its way into the ethos. Fabulous!
As a self-respecting adult, I don't write "fan club" letters to heartthrobs or admirees (although I did want to write a letter to Kevin Spacey quite recently after watching his performance as Richard in Shakespeare's Richard III at the Old Vic in London - it was such a moving play and his passion was so infectious I almost felt it was my duty, as one artist to another,to let him know what an amazing job he did. It's a good thing I possess a certain laziness, which I'm sure saved me a bit of face - not to mention prevented me from wasting my time. What would I do with a sticker of Kevin Spacey, anyway?), but I did recently blog about another artist I admire - Dolan Geiman. And guess what? He commented on my blog. How cool is that?! It was a quick one-liner, but I tell you what - it made my face light when I read it. Just to think - what I write DOES makes its way into the ethos. Fabulous!
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