Cry for Michael

"Cry"

Marjolein, from the Netherlands, wrote to tell me about how, where and when she heard of Michael's passing and how she felt about it. Like so many people, Marjo felt regret at having not been clear about who Michael Jackson was and who he was being in the world.

Since Michael's passing, she has learned how to paint and discovered that her real mission in life is the same as his was... to make the world a better place. She is using her art to do just that.

This piece is dedicated to Michael and his "Cry" on the Invincible album. 

The Peacemaker at 30,000 Feet

My Michael Jackson Story:

“When I was laid off (fired) from MGM/UA in 1994, I opened my own movie marketing consultancy. I decided to concentrate on animated films. Over the years I was fortunate enough to work on wonderful animated projects like Steven Spielberg’s An American Tail, among many others. Before long my business was booming. I was making more money than I ever did with Columbia, Universal or most recently MGM/UA. And more importantly, I didn’t have that awful commute I did for years, plus no committee diluting some wonderful ideas that individuals conjured up.

I was exposed to the international marketplace (my movie career with the studios was confined to domestic) and found myself at the Cannes Film Festival numerous times exposing and selling some of the animated projects I was representing. Yes, Cannes is beautiful, sexy, sensual, alluring, intoxicating, exciting and downright the bomb, to use an old expression.