Lunar eclipses are much less impactful than solar eclipses...much less magnificent.
Having both happen on the same day, however, would be collectively beautiful beyond imagination...
And it happened, sort of....
Farrah Fawcett's death on the same day as Michael Jackson's death was her moon to his sun.
People from all corners of life seemed to wake up that day to a fuller reality that the posters of their youth and the album covers of their young adult days are, in effect, time capsuled-coverings of their own lives...and pending deaths.
How eerie. Yet how liberating, to those who have ears to hear.
The formerly beautiful youthful bodies of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson today lie in two morgues; ravaged by time and ridged by death, these two corporal "time capsules" bear little resemblance to the pre-Photo Shopped images of 70"s and 80's photographic perfection.
Michael Jackson's death seems to be like the Sun, beating down on so many people who wanted to "connect" with him, his rich lifestyle or his celebrity status. Their grief is genuine, if not a little bit odd, as they REALLY never knew him.
Farrah Fawcett's death is like the moon. Small-ish, familiar in its limited role in our lives and seemingly only "bright" today when it is reflects the solar rays of her own celebrity-lit past. She seemed too beautiful to ever really know, though her famous poster was a suitable substiute for 12 million young men...
But now?
Both dead. Both are reminders of our own lives and pending deaths.
The truth is, neither death was huge in scope; and too, both lives are now utterly invisible like vapors.
62 years, 50 years...your age. All are vapors, the Bible tells us.
One life will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last. Both Farah and Michael would agree with me today on this truth.
What about you?
Den
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Great post. I'm linking to you on my blog (yet to be published), but thank you for writing so beautifully, and in such a concise way about something so confusing :)
Posted by: Emily | July 10, 2009 at 11:16 AM
very good writing Mr. Den! I was thinking these same thoughts recently. I called my mom and said the "king" of my music generation is now dead. She remembers very well when the "king" of her music generation died and the impact on her a friends of her age.
Now I know the media props all this "king" talk, but I think it is right. The impact both musical kings made to our generations is immense.
It has been enjoyable to watch my 17 year old son discover MJ's music, singing Billy Jean, Thriller and such...
I'm glad my KING is the real King and Lord of all.
Posted by: F.O.D. | June 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM