David Bowie: a space oddity, a true transcendentalist

"ground control to major tom.." David Bowie debuted in the musical world with those five words.  David Bowie is a true modern day transcendentalist in my eye.  Most all transcendentalist are misunderstood or shunned at the beginning.  When David Bowie's Space Oddity hit the shelves it spread like wild fire it connected to the excitement coursing in the veins of America as man stepped on the moon.  The rest of the album however man of words/ man of music was to 'out there' for the majority of the population.  Throughout his musical career David Bowie has sung that which is often outside of the box, David Bowie's style was extremely eccentric and remains so to this day.  David Bowie broke through the shell of what music was at the time and did not care if it was not the 'norm' for it was who he was. This is the mark of a true transdentlaist, David Bowie created music in his own image not the image of the rest of the world which took amazing courage. He showed the world that music need not be boring and all one color he threw out the rule book and created music from his heart. There is nothing more transcendental that.  David Bowies lyrics defiantly strayed from the typical track.   The song Rebel Rebel is a testament to such a statement.  I love David Bowies music and a large part of that adoration comes from the fact that he did not adhere to the rules of music at the time he simply did what he wanted to because it was who he was.   David Bowie is a testament to what i hope to be.  I hope that one day i will look back upon my life and think: i followed my heart and was true to me.  David Bowie is a true modern day transcendentalist  who dresses up the way he wants to in concert who writes the lyrics his heart tells him to and he sings the way he wants to because it is who he is.  He is a testament to true transcendentalism.