It's funny because a fellow Atopper and I got together recently and we were just discussing that. We don't have a lot of money, but what we can afford has gone to buying Adam's products. We would never buy what Adam buys, but we're happy he can buy them. I guess his pleasure is our pleasure. His life is our fantasy!
Adam taught me to be more visibly who I am. Luckily, it does not take 5K coats to be myself, I am quite grateful for that
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I never envied Adam his coats, I would not have a desire to stand out in that way, nor would that same piece of clothing look anything but misplaced in my world or say anything useful. I am quite fine with not having it.
But figuring out how to be more myself did become the topic, and that was a good one.
The reason it made such an impression on me what he did, was not that he has the money to throw around, the reason it impressed me was that he has to be brave to be himself. It takes courage to do what he does or stands for. And guess what, then he gets to hang out with Debra Messing, who just recently has done the very same thing, quite vocally so, and also without being forced to do so, just because she thought it right to do it.
She impressed me a lot in recent months, and I happily see Adam connecting with her personally.
Adam stands for something that goes beyond the actual clothes he wears. He stands for personal courage, he stands for independence from mainstream opinions, he stands for freedom of spirit, mind, and soul. Even ignoring the other more music related topics for this discussion, he stands for something important.
And he shows how powerful it is to show that, not only just privately live it, like so many others choose to do.
And in that he taught me something.
And that is why I love those outfits on him, even though on some other person I might find them a waste of money.
If you spend 5K on leopard print, you better have something to say besides look-at-me. And Adam does and always has and it makes him deserving the stardom and the wealth and fame. And he bravely puts up with the downsides of this public life, something I would not be able to do either, btw.
But Adam did put the challenge before me to ask why I was so impressed by that, and what I was going to do with that. How that was translating into my own life, and that was the interesting part of the journey and it had nothing to do with clothes or money or fame. I'm still walking that path, but there is no question that Adam managed to put a major bend into that path of mine, and if you would have told me 10 years ago that a pop singer would have any substantial influence on me, I would have just laughed at such a suggestion or idea.
And knowing that he had that same influence and still has on many thousands other people all over the world, kind of tells how important symbols and gestures are, be they in clothes or otherwise.
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