Sexy librarian

“I’m a born librarian with a sex drive”

Hand-drawn sign outside the Art House, Crouch End, London

I’m just back from a cinema screening of ‘David Bowie: the Last Act’, a new documentary by Jonathan Stiasny (execed by my friend and old colleague at Channel 4 Jan Younghusband)  due to broadcast on C4 on 3rd January (at 10pm). 

I like this quotation because I believe the intellect and the body make good synergistic companions and work best in balance. Bowie was a voracious reader and a master of the imaginative word. He also had a beautifully powerful voice, even on his final LP ‘Black Star’, which is where this documentary is always heading. It charts his wilderness period and how he found his way out of it through his 2nd Glastonbury appearance as the 2000 headliner. It also shows how he turned the decline of his body into his last masterpiece through amazing words and musical judgement. 

It’s a good thing to be smart and self-examining and grappling with ideas and mysteries, but it’s even better to combine those with bodily consciousness, sexual desire and an appreciation of your own physicality.