Last week HERE I wrote about how great Bruce Springsteen's new album is, a kind of curious work that makes you think is looking backwards while thrilling in being alive and looking forward to more, all while knowing that death comes to us all eventually.
David Brooks, who gets things right about once out of every 20 times, writes about Bruce's aging so well:
Even in his 70s, Springsteen still has drive. What drives him no longer feels like ambition, he said, that craving for success, recognition, and making your place in the world. It feels more elemental, like the drive for water, food, or sex. He talks about this in the movie: “After all this time, I still feel the burning need to communicate. It’s there when I wake every morning. It walks alongside of me throughout the day … Over the past 50 years, it has never ceased. Is it loneliness, hunger, ego, ambition, desire, a need to be felt and heard, recognized, all of the above? All I know, it is one of the most consistent impulses of my life.”
Turns out that if we follow Bruce, we may learn the secret might be those around us:
Like every successful mature person, Springsteen oozes gratitude—especially for relationships. The film is largely about the camaraderie of the E Street Band, men and women who have been playing together off and on for 45 years and who have honed their skills and developed a shorthand for communicating. We watch them discussing and arguing over how to put each song together, then savor the end result.
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