to live in the moment. but I've been around so long that my past is vast & likes to intrude.
much of today was spent in a back & forth online with someone once close with whom I've had no contact for at least 15 years. all manner of memories came to the surface. then I saw the Hockney doc "A Bigger Splash" for the 1st time in decades. it was finishd just months before I met David. so it's a true time capsule for me.
my favorite part is mid-film. you see him enter a quite fabulous shower at his place in Powis Terrace. then we cut to naked boys in an LA pool. finally back to the shower. using that shower is a special memory for me. & then one of those LA boys is Mark Lipscomb who I met at Mr. Henry's in Georgetown a few months before meeting David in London.
so a swirl of past faces & bodies. but all in context of now so that the past becomes present as I process. I avoid analysis because it's such a jumble. those words I wrote at the beginning of this are already past. not as past as the smell of David's cigar at breakfast but still a past.
so I'll finish this & press "publish post." I'll get back to my green tea & make a list of things to do manana.
3 comments:
Wow... first, I understand how a conversation or piece of music can jog a memory & take you back to a place & time. I am so excited that you know & have encountered Mr. Hockney, who is a favorite figure of mine:
http://nopoboho.blogspot.com/2009/07/born-on-this-day-july-9thartist-david.html
I am enjoying & challanged by your work. I am so thankful to have discovered you.
There was a Mr. Henry's in Georgetown? The only one I know is on Capitol Hill. Pennsylvania Ave. Roberta Flack was discovered there singing on the 2nd floor (I am recycling this ...).
Enjoyed this post. I knew you knew him. This is how I feel sometimes when I watch that Jobriath documentary (about the Chelsea Hotel).
You were certainly beautiful enough to have known the celebrities. But I realize it was more than that (or I believe so, anyway!).
Seriously, this was a nice piece of writing. Wow. I'm re-reading.
Stephen -- many thx. & I enjoy yr blog as well.
Bill -- we're talking 33 years ago but at that time the bar at that Mr. Henry's was the place.
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