The Death of Michael Jackson

I am certain that for years after, people will remember the place in which they heard of Micheal Jacksons death. It seems unbelievable that he dead. Though I would never have classed myself as an avid fan, I was moved by his early work – Smooth Criminal, Thriller, Beat It. Where would your teenage years be without those hits reverberating?

There is a billion blog posts already about his death, was he murdered? Has he been taken away by aliens? And the rest of the stupid speculation which has surrounded his life.

Michael Jackson via last.fm

There is no doubt that he was a strange fellow, caught in a world which could not understand his passion, his meticulous training and perfection to his dance movements and music. I can’t really comment on his personal life – the media blows out any tiny detail ,but I am sure he had a stack of personal issues he struggled with and dealt with them in the best way he knew.

Although I don’t own a best of , tomorrow, I will go and buy one. Personal issues and lifestyle , the man was a magician with his music, tapping into a life beat of a generation. I am saddened of his passing and hope that the future is gentle with his history.

Where does this leave a writer and how does it affect our media? Passion, being driven by a desire to share ones art – there is the link. He was unafraid of expressing himself and perhaps that is something we as writers can take away from this.

Where do you write?

My writing space at Lollypops

Over at Write Anything, I have chatted about the different spaces people write in.  I thought I would post a photo of one of the spaces I write in on a semi regular basis.

Its an indoor adventure playground called Lollypops.  Its not cheap – $10 for each kid and $3 for an adult – but the kids love it – they get heaps of exercise on the monkey gym, bouncy castle and giant slides – and its  safe enclosed area where I have coffee brought to my table and  I have access to a powerplug for my laptop.  How good is that?

On a good day I can have about 3 hours of uninterupted editing done and know that my kids have had a great time, had exercise and haven’t felt like I was ignoring them.

How about you?  Where are some of your unusual writing spaces?