…to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C.S. Lewis.
Mrs. OFallon.
It’s so simple and therefore incredibly timeless… if something can be ‘incredibly’ timeless. I look this and since I know the subject, can vouch that it is her… not overdone, relaxed and brave yet warm eyes. This is one of my first head shot clients and still remains one of my most favorite shots.
That’s right… BRUCE FRICKIN’ SPRINGSTEEN. The man was 33 when I was born yet I still feel like he’s not grown a year since I first started adoring him. I was one when he came out the his Born in the U.S.A. album that made him legendary though pre-Erika work made him awesome, BITU.S.A brought him to crazy rockstar status… ironically that is probably my least favorite album of his. He has sixteen immaculately written in note and word albums and countless #1 hits. I love this man… and in my dreams he’d show up at my door, with his guitar in his back seat, Thunder Road blaring, hair slicked back shirt unbuttoned and he’d turn down the volume and say, “Erika, (not Mary) the doors open but the ride it ain’t free,” and then I run and jump in and we’d ride away from our trouble down Thunder Road……. Yes, ahhhhh, OK I’m back. I just shared that with the world… I have different dreams too… a little more normal… business dreams, happiness dreams, love dreams and for some reason every single time I listen to this song or any other Bruce song all seems real and raw but dreams still attainable and necessary.
To quote my favorite book, yet again, Love is A Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield, “I realize that I will never fully understand the millions of bizarre ways that music brings people together.” But I think that is just what it is about music… it has the affect on one or all people and no matter how hard any music critic or amazing writer tries to describe its affects, it is simply the music itself that is the only explanation… I know I just listen to his voice and I feel … well, I can’t describe it. I talked about Taylor Swift before as an artist that helped me through a particular situation but Bruce is just a genius that inspires me when I don’t know I need inspiring. He is an icon… a legend in music but still when I listen to say a Thunder Road or Stolen Car or The Ghost of Tom Joad, Streets of Philadelphia… the list could go on and on… I still feel despite his superstar status I understand his words and hear his feelings… yes I said hear his feelings. That voice alone… well it turns me on, come on ladies, it’s OK to admit this, I believe it to be common knowledge… but there is always something more in his reflection. Again, and it’s obvious, I’m having a lot of trouble getting across how monumental his lyrics, his tunes, his voice, his concerts and his being have been instrumental in my life. Like I mentioned in my Taylor Swift blog, I’m completely untalented in the music department and maybe that is why I feel so moved by a giant like Bruce. But most of his songs speak of a life that is not glamorous, perfect, nor easy… but to me, still have a glimpse of hope… still have a glimpse of someone dreaming… Maybe that is truly the best way for me to describe how Bruce Springsteen and his songs make me feel… the take me to a place where I never stop dreaming… and it’s OK.
For the next hour I plan on jamming hardcore to some of his hits and definitely watching his Brilliant Disguise video (where I feel like he is looking right at me) maybe eight or so times… keep dreaming. I know it sounds odd… but maybe y’all have your own ‘Bruce Springsteens’… gosh I hope you do!
We’re getting close to the end… sad. Thanks for coming back… and for telling yo friends, lovers and neighbors…
erika@erikaleighphotography.com!
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