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We all dream of reaching out to our heroes, and striking up a correspondence with the paragons of the modern world. But can we ever get a response from them?
Receiving a letter from a US President, if it happens, has always been a thing of great pride. My grandmother’s father received a letter from a President I can not remember, perhaps it was Taft, but he kept that letter and my grandmother still has it to this day. No matter how brief or formal, there is something magical about receiving words from people we consider to be unreachable, or larger than life. The Obamas are the center of so much hope and idealism in the world, that a letter from them could mean the absolute world from someone who idolises them. Perhaps it’s a recognition of social media before the social media age – it’s like getting Retweeted or referenced by your favorite celebrity.
For people like Obama, and anyone at his level of responsibility and fame, living as an individual in the world is likely a very disorienting experience. Who you are no longer matters – you are a symbol of something beyond your control. You’re no longer a person, but a mythical foundation for people to appeal to. When writers evoke the Obamas, it is always in the context of a history that will demolish or revive their ideas. Existing so close to the movements of history makes a person lose touch, and become ‘institutionalized’. For Brooke, the daughter of Liz Whitlow, this letter was a moment of the hall of unreachable heroes reaching back to her. Brooke’s mom Liz had reached out to the former President and First-Lady in order to invite them to her wedding. While the chance of the Obamas actually attending were of course slim, this letter in the mail made the family’s day, week, month and year!
MY MOM DEADASS SENT THE OBAMAS A WEDDING INVITATION BACK IN MARCH AND JUST RECEIVED THIS IN THE MAIL. IM HOLLERING http://pic.twitter.com/cUiRRAfrvD
— brooke. (@96_brooke) July 31, 2017
The note goes a little something like this: “Congratulations on your wedding. We hope that your marriage is blessed with love, laughter, and happiness and that your bond grows stronger with each passing year. This occasion marks the beginning of a lifelong partnership, and as you embark on this journey, know you have our very best for the many joys and adventures that lie ahead.” Though the Obamas won’t be attending, the fact that they respond at all is remarkable. I can’t imagine how busy and exhausted they must be, and to make room for things like this must make them just as happy as it makes people like Brooke. It’s probably a way for them to reconnect with normal, rejuvenating humanity after a decade of dealing with world leaders and making decisions that grant and deprive life around the world.
Much of Kendrick Lamar’s album To Pimp a Butterfly was about the struggle of being considered superhuman, while knowing that you are just a flawed human being whose image has been amplified and made into something mythic, outside of your control. The song U is about Lamar confronting the sad reality that despite uplifting the entire world, he is incapable of helping those closest to him.
Icons of the 21st century are human beings born of flesh like everyone else. They’ll always be someone’s child, and even the most powerful people on Earth are still afraid of failing their mothers or falling short of who they could be. Answering letters and corresponding with fans and admirers is one way for people elevated to impossible proportions to feel normal, grounded and human. It’s impossible to speak to everyone you should speak to, let alone read everything you should, think through every problem you need to face, and do it all knowing that your conclusions will be hungrily consumed by hordes of people yearning for direction. In that context, the simple things are what count the most, because the rest is not in your control.
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