An interesting article regarding the above written by Priscilla Frank and found on Huffington Post regarding the above, an examination of photographs taken of Mr. Bowie in 1974 and how Mr. Bowie brought back certain ideas -and clothing!- from that moment in time for his last music video, Lazarus:

Never before Published Photos Reveal Clues David Bowie Left Before His Death

They mention one particular photograph which was eventually used on the Station to Station album but isn’t included in the article itself.  This is the photograph:

The clothes Mr. Bowie is wearing there are the ones he re-used (or had very similar ones) in the Lazarus video.  I’ve embedded the entire video below and he appears in the clothing at the two minute mark…

I have to say, as a really big fan of David Bowie it hurts to watch this, his final video, and realize he likely intended it to be that.  When the video was first released he hadn’t passed yet and the images, morbid though they were, didn’t resonate as much as they did after the sad announcement of his passing.

I find it fascinating he went back to the clothing and invoked the ideas he was interested in (Kabbala) from so very long ago here with this video.

While I don’t think the revelations are necessarily “earth shattering” it does show how Mr. Bowie’s interests remained throughout most of his life.  Though he often stated he wasn’t religious, he did appear to grapple with the idea of spirituality, something an atheist like myself can understand.

A fascinating man and a fascinating artist.  It still hurts to realize he’s gone.