Watched "PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER" the other night on the recommendation from my 15year old daughter who had just finished reading the book - she said the book was a really good story.
...So we watched it and i was blown away by it, great film, story and soundtrack ... id recommended it to anyone with children of the right age to watch together as a coming of age film alongside "Stand by Me" et al!!
The soundtrack which to name but a few The Smiths, Dexys Midnight Runners, Sonic Youth, David Bowie - any film which introduces the young to great music and lyricists is already a classic in my opinion !!
One of the scenes has this narrative piece that mixes into David Bowie : Heroes (see link below)
for one reason or another this really struck a chord with me (apart from David Bowie Heroes being a forgotten favorite of mine) it was the words along with music and what was happeneing at the time in the film that gave me goosebumps reconfiming that my love of music isnt about 'genres 'and 'whats the latest and greatest' or 'next big thing ' its a feeling .. a moment in time that makes a piece of music special to you - a connection!
I don't know if I will have the time to write anymore letters because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end up being the last letter, I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started high school and you helped me.
Even if you didn't know what I was talking about or know someone who's gone through it. You made me not feel alone. Because I know there are people who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it's like to be sixteen when they turn seventeen.
And know these will all be stories someday and our pictures will become old photographs and we'll all become somebody's mom or dad.
But right now these moments are not stories.
This is happening..........
I am here and I am looking at her and she is so beautiful. I can see it.
This one moment when you know you're not a sad story.......... you are alive.
And you stand up and see the lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder, when you were listening to that song on that drive with the people you love most in this world.
And in this moment
I swear
..........we are infinite!
