David Bowie is

Ao entrar naquela sala, no Groninger Museum, a tua recente partida fez-se muito presente. Era como se falasses para nós do plano onde agora estás. E em silêncio, os olhos humedeceram, devagar e discretamente, enquanto te ouvia cantar "Space Oddity". Ground Control e Major Tom eram  a metáfora da nossa despedida. Tua. De nós. 

Ground Control to Major Tom 
Ground Control to Major Tom
(...)
Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six) 
Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three) 
Check ignition and may God's love be with you (Two, One, Liftoff) 

This is Ground Control to Major Tom 
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear 
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare 

This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door 
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way 
And the stars look very different today
For here am I sitting in my tin can
Far above the world 
Planet Earth is blue 
And there's nothing I can do.

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles 
I'm feeling very still 
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go 
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows 
Ground Control to Major Tom 
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you hear 
And I'm floating around my tin can 
Far above the Moon.
Planet Earth is blue 
And there's nothing I can do.

"Space Oddity" (1969)

Obrigada por esta exposição magnífica que nos preparaste e deixaste como presente.

David Bowie is

Adorei, sobretudo, a forma como nos despedimos em grande, na sala maior...Já sabes que não sou capaz de ficar parada quando a canto contigo. Alma e corpo soltam-se em luz e acreditar. Dançá-la é inevitável. Vivê-la, inesquecível.  "Heroes", claro.

We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes 
We can be Heroes 
Just for one day 
We can be Heroes

No Groninger Museum,

em Groningen,

até dia 10 de Abril.