Lou Reed’s Gift To You The brilliant musician Lou Reed who died over the weekend at the age of 71 pleased audiences and performers alike. But perhaps his best contribution was to remind us that our lives have a certain order – a type of continuity – that should be on our minds throughout our lives. Reed told Rolling Stone in a 1987 interview that he considered all of his albums as chapters of a book in his life: “All through this, I’ve always thought that if you thought of all of it as a book then you have the Great American Novel, every record as a chapter … They’re all in chronological order. You take the whole thing, stack it and listen to it in order, there’s my Great American Novel.” Life with a purpose, not an accident. The chapters are things that we actively dream, plan and accomplish using our God-given gifts. You never complete it, nor do you stop writing new chapters until the day you die. Reed pioneered lyrical honesty and paved the way for punk and alternative rock with his life’s work. How is your very own Great American Novel shaping up – now is a great time to plan and write the next chapter.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:02:32 +0000