I adore these photobooth shots that I took with Monica last night. They make me happy. They were taken right after we watched a fantastic B-52s concert.
Throughout the concert, we were saying to each other how awesome it is to see a band that's been around since the 1970s still doing so well, as we watched each member rockin' it on stage, and truly pursuing their passion and happiness. (The opening band was X and we also LOVED their performance and the way they performed with such sincerity and passion.)
It was a GREAT show.
The lyrics to one of their classic songs they performed really spoke to me last night, which is their song, Roam, which starts off like this:
Roam if you want to
Without wings, without wheels
Roam if you want to
Without anything but the love we feel
I love that the song doesn't command me to roam, but rather to roam if I want to. In other words, do what I want, if I choose to do that. And I think by saying that, it also says to let others roam if they want to and let them pursue their happiness if they want to. Live and let live.
Sometimes, we get tricked into second-guessing what we want, as we wonder if we should roam, whether we ought to roam, what others might think if we choose to roam or not ... The B52s remains an awesome and relevant band today because they have remained true to who they are, knowing that they can't please all. But by staying true to the essence of who they are and pursuing their happiness, they end up decades later, being a band that has truly left a mark on the world.
Here are a couple of shots I had fun posing for with my concert buddies, Dori and Amy. Love these girls. They make me happy.
Take it hip to hip
Rocket through the wilderness ...
Roam if you want to
Roam around the world
Why am i not happy?
Posted by: Kim Gonzalez | October 17, 2013 at 06:23 PM