Starman Mantras
12 January, 2016
From Ziggy to Aladdin, I grew up with David Bowie. I adored the singer's shape-shifting, like a human anagram. His enigmatic charisma. His opaque lyrics. So that's the spirit of this week's Brainstorm: to create clues in the surreal tradition of David Jones, as he was born.
So get zany. Psychedelic. Bowiesque. Paint a strange picture, or invoke an obscure German librettist, a diamond dog, some serious moonlight. We can skip definitions (unless they chime) and just make mad with the wordplay. So long as your offering makes technical sense. And even better, doesn't waste a strange word.
Choose from these classics, or feel free to ransack the starman's back catalogue. Let's dance:
Space Oddity
1984
Rebel, Rebel
Life on Mars
Suffragette City
Five Years
Scary Monsters
Modern Love
Under Pressure
Ashes to Ashes
Golden Years
Young Americans
China Girl
Let’s Dance
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