Top 6 Ways that David Bowie Influenced My Education
Anyone who knows me knows that I adore David Bowie. Always have, always will. So it just didn’t seem logical to have a blog in which to voice my opinions and experiences without including the greatness that is David Bowie.
Therefore, I present, for your reading pleasure, The ‘Top 6 Ways in which David Bowie Helped My Education’
David Bowie and his artwork
1. David Bowie taught me about England, which made me interested in its location and history; which led me to learn more about history and geography.
2. David Bowie’s first American concert was in Cleveland, Ohio. This also happens to be my hometown. This made me love David Bowie even more, and gave me a greater sense of pride in my city (having the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame doesn’t hurt either).
This pride made me want to learn more about Cleveland – its history, people, and, accomplishments. And in 8th grade I a big project that was all about what Cleveland has done. (I got an A).
3. His song ‘Kooks’ from the Hunky Dory album got me through my adolescence. I wrote him letters, sang the song over and over – and it made me feel more confident about myself, like someone understood me. This confidence made me work harder and strive to be better in school.
4. David Bowie started his musical career first with mime; he is an accomplished actor and a very theatrical music performer. He single-handedly revamp the way musicians performed. It was knowing that, that was part of the motivation for me to get involved with the performing arts; specifically theatre. In fact, I went to far as to dance out performances of his songs and send them to Star Search in the hopes of advancing my career.
5. Used his songs for poetry classes in middle school and high school. I created Haiku poems from his songs on the Heroes album. I wrote book reports based on books about David Bowie. I added songs of his to plays that I did in high school and college. I also studied the education of David Bowie when I went to graduate school for teaching.
6. I can’t forget to mention all of the instruments that David Bowie plays. Even though I am not talented in that way, it didn’t stop me from being interested in them and even attempting to play a few.
There is an inexhaustible list of reasons of why I adore David Bowie and the work that he has been making for the last 40 years. I could literally spend days talking about all of his accomplishments and how great I think they are (currently he is in the movie Band Slam {which I will see only because he is in it} which he plays nothing more cool than himself). Anyone who takes the time to learn my name knows how much David Bowie means to me and what an amazing inspiration he is.