The world lost a genius yesterday. That's pretty much the event in a nutshell....ROBIN WILLIAMS passed away at the age of 63. The details are not for here or for me to reflect upon....I choose to remember the pure joy that he gave us all through his art...his work...his everything.
My first memories of Robin are from the movie POPEYE. You see I was a loner of a kid. I was the chubby kid with the glasses who carried around a stack of comic books. I was the kid nobody really talked to and I was very shy. Then I saw POPEYE....and Robin Williams. I was drawn to his magic for reasons I didn't really understand but then low and behold there he was on HBO doing stand up comedy at the Met and then later in a show called MORK and MINDY. I was discovering a kindred spirit. His fearless performances helped get me out of my shell. It's funny because I barely spoke as a child, I pointed to things I wanted or needed, I wasn't the communicator. Then Robin Williams comes along and he communicates with his hands and legs and head tilts and vocal shifts and crazy accents and characters.... I wanted to be Robin Williams because he represented everything I wasn't and he showed me that it was ok to speak up, get a little kooky. To be excited and out of the box....I could go on but it's just making me cry over my keyboard and I want to stay upbeat. I am going to spend the next couple of days taking in countless hours of stand up concerts and movies of Robin Williams and looking up and thanking him for blessing us with years of unrivaled performances.
Let us all remember the best he gave us in this sad time and know that he is up in heaven doing what he loved to a sell out audience and standing ovations. Thoughts and prayers with his family.
July 21 1951- August 11 2014
ROBIN WILLIAMS
My first memories of Robin are from the movie POPEYE. You see I was a loner of a kid. I was the chubby kid with the glasses who carried around a stack of comic books. I was the kid nobody really talked to and I was very shy. Then I saw POPEYE....and Robin Williams. I was drawn to his magic for reasons I didn't really understand but then low and behold there he was on HBO doing stand up comedy at the Met and then later in a show called MORK and MINDY. I was discovering a kindred spirit. His fearless performances helped get me out of my shell. It's funny because I barely spoke as a child, I pointed to things I wanted or needed, I wasn't the communicator. Then Robin Williams comes along and he communicates with his hands and legs and head tilts and vocal shifts and crazy accents and characters.... I wanted to be Robin Williams because he represented everything I wasn't and he showed me that it was ok to speak up, get a little kooky. To be excited and out of the box....I could go on but it's just making me cry over my keyboard and I want to stay upbeat. I am going to spend the next couple of days taking in countless hours of stand up concerts and movies of Robin Williams and looking up and thanking him for blessing us with years of unrivaled performances.
Let us all remember the best he gave us in this sad time and know that he is up in heaven doing what he loved to a sell out audience and standing ovations. Thoughts and prayers with his family.
July 21 1951- August 11 2014
ROBIN WILLIAMS