Purple Rain

When a celebrity passes away, what is your first thought? Sadness? Heart- break? Unsympathetic? Nonchalant? I'm sure, every person would answer somewhat different. As most people know, Prince passed away yesterday, and it hit most of the world by storm. Some people seemed to act like they couldn't care less, while a lot of people were in utter shock and disbelief. How does a singer make such an impact on the world? Some say he was just another celebrity that everyone has lost their head over. I can't speak for everyone, but I can say this. It is not often that a singer comes around and STAYS amazing and impacts so many people through their music, from the day they start, until the day they die, and even after they pass away. Not only was Prince good looking, but his music...his music was transformative. His music wasn't just "sex music," as most people saw it, but it was many other things. There are a lot of times in my life, that when I think about that specific time, the first thing I think of is a Prince song that was played or heard. A lot of his songs just gave us that feeling to want to dance, laugh, sing, smile, and yes, to some people, make love. For those of us that aren't really "sad," but are still in shock, it is not because he was a celebrity, but because a beautiful soul will no longer be making beautiful music; because even though he was a celebrity, a family lost someone. We as a human race, can be very sympathetic or unsympathetic at times like this, and many think it's just because he was a celebrity...but if every time someone passed away, it was blasted all over the news, some of us would still be sympathetic, even not knowing them, just because they WERE a life, a soul, and they left a family behind, and because all of us want to be missed when we are gone. We want to be remembered. So as we ponder on the LIFE of those passed; celebrities, family, and people we don't even know, let us remember them through smiles, laughter, dance, and most of all, music; even through the purple rain. <3