One of my favourite pieces of work by Alan Moore was a short written for 9-11 Artists Respond Volume One entitled This is Information. It is in many ways typical Alan Moore, strong, sincere, intelligent and moving. It became I phrase for me, just in my own mind. It’s worth reading for the sheer idea I guess conveyed in so few words. I thought of this phrase again last night, when someone said to me “I bet you don’t even dance behind closed doors”. Quite an odd phrase yes? I know at least one of you is laughing now, but basically I don’t usually dance at anything…unless I’ve had way too much to drink or there is a pretty girl involved. But the phrase struck a nerve, because while I was not down on the dance floor, I wasn’t exactly standing still and the music was far more in line with my tastes than I had expected. Ok so yes I like rave music…at times. Sometimes I just want a beat to get lost in and it was doing just that.
But like I said it was a strange phrase and the reason I was thinking about it was this. The person who said it doesn’t know me all that well, we’ve only known each other a few months and we haven’t spent all that much time together. In fact over the past three months or so we have barely spent any time together. This then got me to wondering about how private or reserved (or whatever word you want to use) I come across as. I know that I feel that has changed hugely for me over the past year and I suspect that is 99% because of this blog, but then again that is only applicable to those who know about this and read this. Just some thoughts I guess, or in your case, this is information.
And for the record, I have never and suspect I will never do anything that could in anyway be construed as dancing.
Also for the record, I did consider last night and indeed have not ruled out going back there sometime to make a full night out of it and just go with the music.