XxAxX said:

Nodin said:

Exactly how I feel! Nice to know I'm not alone and not off my rocker (yet,lol)

we're not alone. collectively, one big heart throbbing to prince's quirky beat

Thanks for that. Quirky we feel better together.

XxAxX said:

Nodin said:

XxAxX said:

we're not alone. collectively, one big heart throbbing to prince's quirky beat

Thanks for that. Quirky we feel better together.

Indeed. I'm glad that we are all still here for each other.

morningsong said:

XxAxX said:

:HUG: yes it is. and even though he never spoke to me i'm still missing dude thanks for understanding.

Nah, he might of had a few million others, no true one-on-one time but hardly one-sided, he gave something (which is why we're in the place and time) we gave something. There was a relatonship, one that quite a few people put a lot of time and energy (not to mention money) into. I just noted it's almost that same feeling, not quite but in that same vicinity. You can reason why you should just be happy with however it stands, but you still have that irrational need of at least knowing why it came to an end, even if the answer would hurt, you almost can't help yourself pondering on it. Even at times acting on it.

Yes this also is true.

purplethunder3121 said:

Nodin said:

Thanks for that. Quirky we feel better together.

Indeed. I'm glad that we are all still here for each other.

Thanks for listening. I'm new to this, but feel a kinship here.

morningsong said:

XxAxX said:

:HUG: yes it is. and even though he never spoke to me i'm still missing dude thanks for understanding.

Nah, he might of had a few million others, no true one-on-one time but hardly one-sided, he gave something (which is why we're in the place and time) we gave something. There was a relatonship, one that quite a few people put a lot of time and energy (not to mention money) into. I just noted it's almost that same feeling, not quite but in that same vicinity. You can reason why you should just be happy with however it stands, but you still have that irrational need of at least knowing why it came to an end, even if the answer would hurt, you almost can't help yourself pondering on it. Even at times acting on it.

he gave a LOT. not just a constant stream of music in one form or another, but allowing us fans in to dance parties and concerts at PP After Dark. there were snacks, bottled water, and every effort made for fans' comfort. how many superstars do that? i've been realizing that for years now my favorite party destination has always been paisley park. and, it was okay to be a weird old lady dancing around in the back. i went with friends occasionally and also met people there but it was okay to be alone too. how many places are safe like that, with someone like PRINCE walking around, sparking things up? his generosity was incredible. oh. crap. here i go again

Nodin said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Indeed. I'm glad that we are all still here for each other.

Thanks for listening. I'm new to this, but feel a kinship here.

There is. My to you for the day.

XxAxX said:

morningsong said:

XxAxX said: Nah, he might of had a few million others, no true one-on-one time but hardly one-sided, he gave something (which is why we're in the place and time) we gave something. There was a relatonship, one that quite a few people put a lot of time and energy (not to mention money) into. I just noted it's almost that same feeling, not quite but in that same vicinity. You can reason why you should just be happy with however it stands, but you still have that irrational need of at least knowing why it came to an end, even if the answer would hurt, you almost can't help yourself pondering on it. Even at times acting on it.

he gave a LOT. not just a constant stream of music in one form or another, but allowing us fans in to dance parties and concerts at PP After Dark. there were snacks, bottled water, and every effort made for fans' comfort. how many superstars do that? i've been realizing that for years now my favorite party destination has always been paisley park. and, it was okay to be a weird old lady dancing around in the back. i went with friends occasionally and also met people there but it was okay to be alone too. how many places are safe like that, with someone like PRINCE walking around, sparking things up? his generosity was incredible. oh. crap. here i go again

I wsh I could give you a Kleenex and hang out with you... But all I can offer is a virtual and let you know that you are not alone.

Jon1967 said:

I never got to dance at PP

i'm so sorry you never had that chance. maybe there will be an event in future

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purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

he gave a LOT. not just a constant stream of music in one form or another, but allowing us fans in to dance parties and concerts at PP After Dark. there were snacks, bottled water, and every effort made for fans' comfort. how many superstars do that? i've been realizing that for years now my favorite party destination has always been paisley park. and, it was okay to be a weird old lady dancing around in the back. i went with friends occasionally and also met people there but it was okay to be alone too. how many places are safe like that, with someone like PRINCE walking around, sparking things up? his generosity was incredible. oh. crap. here i go again

I wsh I could give you a Kleenex and hang out with you... But all I can offer is a virtual and let you know that you are not alone.

i already miss the way he drew people together and brought out the best in us i'm okay. really, i am. it's just, i miss a potential future that... isn't

XxAxX said:

Jon1967 said:

I never got to dance at PP

i'm so sorry you never had that chance. maybe there will be an event in future

[Edited 6/19/16 18:06pm]

I didn't either. That's my biggest regret. I was offered a ticket on the old Lotusflower website and I didn't go.

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

i'm so sorry you never had that chance. maybe there will be an event in future

[Edited 6/19/16 18:06pm]

I didn't either. That's my biggest regret. I was offered a ticket on the old Lotusflower website and I didn't go.

awwwwww you were planning to go, i remember you talked about that some months back. so sorry. wish i could upload my mental images to you.

XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I wsh I could give you a Kleenex and hang out with you... But all I can offer is a virtual and let you know that you are not alone.

i already miss the way he drew people together and brought out the best in us i'm okay. really, i am. it's just, i miss a potential future that... isn't

Exactly. A future that should have been here for a number of years...and suddenly isn't. That's how I still feel about my best friend who passed on last year...as suddenly as Prince. Still grappling with that one. Prince wasn't supposed to go that soon. He was supposed to grow old with us... I will find a way to continue on...but there will always be an empty spot.

XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I didn't either. That's my biggest regret. I was offered a ticket on the old Lotusflower website and I didn't go.

awwwwww you were planning to go, i remember you talked about that some months back. so sorry. wish i could upload my mental images to you.

That has to hit you extra hard, having been there and living nearby. But, I did share your PP experiences (and those of others) through your postings on here--so I do have the mental images in my head. Thank you for that.

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

i'm so sorry you never had that chance. maybe there will be an event in future

[Edited 6/19/16 18:06pm]

I didn't either. That's my biggest regret. I was offered a ticket on the old Lotusflower website and I didn't go.

I never had the chance to go either. I feel for you

Nodin said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I didn't either. That's my biggest regret. I was offered a ticket on the old Lotusflower website and I didn't go.

I never had the chance to go either. I feel for you

Thank you for that. to you, too.

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

i already miss the way he drew people together and brought out the best in us i'm okay. really, i am. it's just, i miss a potential future that... isn't

Exactly. A future that should have been here for a number of years...and suddenly isn't. That's how I still feel about my best friend who passed on last year...as suddenly as Prince. Still grappling with that one. Prince wasn't supposed to go that soon. He was supposed to grow old with us... I will find a way to continue on...but there will always be an empty spot.

so. i'm sorry you are grappling with the loss of your friend. that must make this extra hard. i see that "closure" becomes learning to accept the empty spot. i get that, but feel i'd prefer to lapse into fantasy, wherein i figure out how to create a teensy gravity well that allows me to punch through twisted layers of the space-time continuum and travel back in time to warn prince, at 9:00 p.m. that fateful evening, by banging and banging on the door until he let me in and then i'd have a medical team outside to kidnap him and tell him i'm from a future no one wants to live through and then he'd believe me and disappear into a treatment center in the caribbean

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purplethunder3121 said:

sonshine said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I didn't either. That's my biggest regret. I was offered a ticket on the old Lotusflower website and I didn't go.

I'm sorry I didn't go to the dance party the wknd before he passed. I had been to PP tho and got my chance to dance last year, but I really wish I had gone that last wknd. I don't even remember now why I didn't. It's been a very sad two months. At first I couldn't listen to his music, but now his is the only music I am able to listen too. And I've been able to slowly look at some of his magazine tributes I bought. I guess that's progress?

yep. me too, that too. closure is going to be hard to attain on this

XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Exactly. A future that should have been here for a number of years...and suddenly isn't. That's how I still feel about my best friend who passed on last year...as suddenly as Prince. Still grappling with that one. Prince wasn't supposed to go that soon. He was supposed to grow old with us... I will find a way to continue on...but there will always be an empty spot.

so. i'm sorry you are grappling with the loss of your friend. that must make this extra hard. i see that "closure" becomes learning to accept the empty spot. i get that, but feel i'd prefer to lapse into fantasy, wherein i figure out how to create a teensy gravity well that allows me to punch through twisted layers of the space-time continuum and travel back in time to warn prince, at 9:00 p.m. that fateful evening, by banging and banging on the door until he let me in and then i'd have a medical team outside to kidnap him and tell him i'm from a future no one wants to live through and then he'd believe me and disappear into a treatment center in the caribbean

[Edited 6/19/16 18:24pm]

That's really tough. My fantasy escape is different. I'm trying to get back to where I was when Prince's voice was a reality in my head and in my life via his music and I basically knew nothing about his personal life. Before the internet... I think that one is do-able...and that's what I'm focusing on. Prince's lesson of living only in the here and now is really valid, I find, especially as I grow older.

Muhammad Ali died a couple weeks ago, if there is one man that is a greater hero than Prince to me, that's him. but I'm handling ali's passing pretty well, he was 74, had a wonderful life, probably the last few years were awful for him and so I'm relieved that he's not suffering. I can't feel anywhere remotely like that for Prince, Prince was still so vital, what is it? 4 albums in the last 2 years and I've heard that Hitnrun has a third installment. Just tells you he wasn't even close to quitting or being ready to die. It's still a mystery, and so yes, even if we had all the answers it wouldn't bring him back but it would make accepting it a little easier.

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

so. i'm sorry you are grappling with the loss of your friend. that must make this extra hard. i see that "closure" becomes learning to accept the empty spot. i get that, but feel i'd prefer to lapse into fantasy, wherein i figure out how to create a teensy gravity well that allows me to punch through twisted layers of the space-time continuum and travel back in time to warn prince, at 9:00 p.m. that fateful evening, by banging and banging on the door until he let me in and then i'd have a medical team outside to kidnap him and tell him i'm from a future no one wants to live through and then he'd believe me and disappear into a treatment center in the caribbean

[Edited 6/19/16 18:24pm]

That's really tough. My fantasy escape is different. I'm trying to get back to where I was when Prince's voice was a reality in my head and in my life via his music and I basically knew nothing about his personal life. Before the internet... I think that one is do-able...and that's what I'm focusing on. Prince's lesson of living only in the here and now is really valid, I find, especially as I grow older.

tell me about it. a gravity well requires two black holes, and i'll i've got is two big, spinning magnets. still, i think if the magnets are concentrated and powerful enough, it will work. i had to siphon power from everyone in the neighborhood and the vibrations from the energy field are too much for my condo. i figure, if i could set up inside the sound stage room at paisley park i could create a field big enough to envelop the entire facility, which should permit me to 'walk through' 'time' and warn prince.

anyway, if that doesn't work i believe i will possibly, just maybe, eventually come around to an acceptance of his passing.

purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

That's really tough. My fantasy escape is different. I'm trying to get back to where I was when Prince's voice was a reality in my head and in my life via his music and I basically knew nothing about his personal life. Before the internet... I think that one is do-able...and that's what I'm focusing on. Prince's lesson of living only in the here and now is really valid, I find, especially as I grow older.

tell me about it. a gravity well requires two black holes, and i'll i've got is two big, spinning magnets. still, i think if the magnets are concentrated and powerful enough, it will work. i had to siphon power from everyone in the neighborhood and the vibrations from the energy field are too much for my condo. i figure, if i could set up inside the sound stage room at paisley park i could create a field big enough to envelop the entire facility, which should permit me to 'walk through' 'time' and warn prince.

anyway, if that doesn't work i believe i will possibly, just maybe, eventually come around to an acceptance of his passing.

In time, we all must find a way. But, hopefully, that means finding a way to continue making Prince's music still meaningful to us as we continue on this journey through life...

1Sasha said:

Dimitri10 said:

How can there be closure?

Inner circle knows what happened to him, there was a two week window that Prince was going through hell and was all over place.

He was on a downward spiral for a while, for what reasons? we dont know.

Closure? Never. I keep thinking that if the autopsy report was released,maybe there would be some underlying terminal illness listed - an illness which would have claimed him within months. Maybe that would be easier to accept. Yesterday I read an article about the Orlando tragedy, and the columnist said that in this era of the internet and social media, it would be easier to walk through the grief by staying away from the computer. Check in once daily, but only once. Maybe that would help here. Back away a bit from videos and songs and sites and try to transition to gratitude for his life and his life's work.

That's what I have been saying about the full autopsy. If we knew it was something that there was no chance of beating that's one thing and we feel better he was out of pain, but if it was a chronic thing and just by being sucked into the world of opioids where he could have been saved, then that is the tragedy. Also I could never, at least not yet, stay away from everthing Prince. Just to make myself less raw, it would be like saying he didn't matter that much, so move on. I can't do that.

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purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

tell me about it. a gravity well requires two black holes, and i'll i've got is two big, spinning magnets. still, i think if the magnets are concentrated and powerful enough, it will work. i had to siphon power from everyone in the neighborhood and the vibrations from the energy field are too much for my condo. i figure, if i could set up inside the sound stage room at paisley park i could create a field big enough to envelop the entire facility, which should permit me to 'walk through' 'time' and warn prince.

anyway, if that doesn't work i believe i will possibly, just maybe, eventually come around to an acceptance of his passing.

In time, we all must find a way. But, hopefully, that means finding a way to continue making Prince's music still meaningful to us as we continue on this journey through life...

yes, of course. the message, not the man. we focused so much of our scrutiny on "prince" the guy, but we should never forget he was always pointing up, lifting our eyes to something else. i do understand.

still though, the gravity well thing. i think we do the man a disservice if we don't give that a shot... someone should petition the estate for the right to use Paisley Park to conduct a time travel rescue...

PeteSilas said:

Muhammad Ali died a couple weeks ago, if there is one man that is a greater hero than Prince to me, that's him. but I'm handling ali's passing pretty well, he was 74, had a wonderful life, probably the last few years were awful for him and so I'm relieved that he's not suffering. I can't feel anywhere remotely like that for Prince, Prince was still so vital, what is it? 4 albums in the last 2 years and I've heard that Hitnrun has a third installment. Just tells you he wasn't even close to quitting or being ready to die. It's still a mystery, and so yes, even if we had all the answers it wouldn't bring him back but it would make accepting it a little easier.

Exactly, and his sister has to know how torn up his fams are, what would be the harm in letting us know that. It's not going to cut into the inheritence at all.