Who is Michael Jackson?

There has been enough written about the identity of Michael Jackson to fill libraries. In his roughly forty years in the public spotlight, people speculated wildly over every aspect of his life. Who was he? What was he really like? What do we make of his sexuality, his skin color, his plastic surgery, his costumes, his masks, his mythical home, his eccentricities, his infatuation with animals and children and nature? How do we make sense of him? Has there ever been anyone, real or imagined, like Michael Jackson?

Clearly, Michael Jackson represents many things to many people. He was beloved by millions yet profoundly lonely. He was the world’s biggest entertainer—and wanted to be—yet deeply shy and private. He was sensitive, vulnerable, and fragile. He was shrewd, bold, and powerful. He was distrustful, paranoid, and insulated. He was childlike, playful, and ebullient. He was open, yet elusive, popular, yet polarizing, otherworldly, yet profoundly human.

"In many ways, an artist is his work," Michael Jackson once said. 

That's the impetus for this website. For all the sensational headlines, all the clickbait, all the allegations and assumptions, the best place to discover and understand the real Michael Jackson is in his creative work.