Emotional Story About David Bowie Gifting Kid "Invisible Mask"

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mattstaff
Oct 2, 2021 3:00 PM EDT

It's a story like this that can make you suddenly feel like there's a literal army of invisible ninjas running around cutting onions in the room. We have David Bowie basically acting like a literal saintlike figure. It just makes you miss him that much more. So, buckle up for a feels trip. 

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    Font - yourfluffiestnightmare Follow My friend told me a story he hadn't told anyone for used to tell it years ago people would laugh and say, 'Who'd believe that? How can that be true? That's years. When he daft. So he didn't tell it again for ages. But for some reason, last night, he knew it would be just the kind of story I would love. When he was a kid, he said, they didn't use the word autism, they just said 'shy', or 'isn't very good at being around strangers or lots of people' But that's
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    Font - Anyway, when he was a kid it was the middle of the 1980s and they were still saying 'shy' or 'withdrawn' rather than 'autistic. He went to London with his mother to see a special screening of a new film he really loved. He must have won a competition or something, 1 think. Some of the details he can't quite remember, but he thinks it must have been London they went to, and the film...! Well, the film is one of my all-time favourites, too. It's a dark, mysterious fantasy movie. Every singl
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    Font - It was 'Labyrinth', of course, and the star was David Bowie, and he was there to meet the children who had come to see this special screening. 'I met David Bowie once, was the thing that caught my attention. my friend said, that 'You did? When was this?' I was amazed, and surprised, too, at the casual way he brought this revelation out. Almost anyone else I know would have told the tale a million times already. He seemed surprised I would want to know, and he told me the whole thing, all
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    Font - He told the story as if it was he'd been on an adventure back then, and he wasn't quite allowed to tell the story. Like there was a pact, or a magic spell surrounding it. As if something profound and peculiar would occur if he broke the confidence. It was thirty years ago and all us kids who'd loved Labyrinth then, and who still love it now, are all middle-aged. Saddest of all, the Goblin King is dead. Does the magic still exist? I asked him what happened on his adventure.
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    Font - 'I was withdrawn, more withdrawn than the other kids. We all got a signed poster. Because I was so shy, they put me in a separate room, to one side, and so I got to meet him alone. He'd heard I was shy and it was his idea. He spent thirty minutes with me. 'Не 'He gave me this mask. This one. Look. 'He said: “This is an invisible mask, you see? 'He took it off his own face and looked around like he was scared and uncomfortable all of a sudden. He passed me his invisible mask. 'Put it on, h
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    Font - “Then he told me, 'l always feel afraid, just the same as you. But I wear this mask every single day. And it doesn’t take the fear away, but it makes it feel a bit better. I feel brave enough then to face the whole world and all the people. And now you will, too. 'I sat there in his magic mask, looking through the eyes at David Bowie and it was true, I did feel better. Then I watched as he made another magic mask. He spun it out of thin air, out of nothing at all. He finished it and smile
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    Font - "Now we've both got invisible masks. We can both see through them perfectly well and no one would know we're even wearing them, he said. 'So, 1 felt incredibly comfortable. It was the first time I felt safe in my whole life. 'It was magic. He was a wizard. He was a goblin king, grinning at me. 'I still keep the mask, of course. This is it, now. Look’
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    Font - I kept asking my amazed by his story. I loved it and wanted all the details. How many other kids? Did they have puppets from the film there, as well? What was David Bowie wearing? I imagined him in his lilac suit from Live Aid. Or maybe he was dressed as the Goblin King in lacy ruffles and cobwebs and glitter. friend questions, What was the last thing he said to you, when you had to say goodbye? 'David Bowie said, Tm always afraid as well. But this is how you can feel brave in the world.
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    Font - "The normal reaction is: that's just a stupid story. Fancy believing in an invisible mask. But 1 do. I really believe in it. And it's the best story I've heard all year. Paul Magrs (via yourfluffiestnightmare) Source: lifeonmagrs.blogspot.de 85,081 notes
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