This week Lars takes a trip on a different road...
A good friend of mine
Tim White died the other day.
He battled ALS & Cancer for the last year and would joke about it! He was optimistic on the cloudiest days and he made you want to be a better person or at least be the best you could be...
You may not know Tim
but when asked to describe him I would say:
"Tim's a work of Art"
Am I out of line in my description?
I think not!
It was the great Tolstoy, yeah the War & Peace Tolstoy that also wrote a little know manifesto on What is Art it was in 1896 that he wrote:
"Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them."
"It is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward the well-being of individuals and of humanity."
. "As thanks to man's capacity to express thoughts by words he can himself hand on to his contemporaries and descendants the thoughts he has assimilated"
Tolstoy was a very wordy guy, (remember War & Peace was about 6"thick)
Allow me to paraphrase Tolstoy's Manefesto :
There is a uniqueness that we humans possess, when combined with respect and a touch of humor it is then, that we become more than just a person we become a "Work of Art" for all to see.
Tim White 1958-2010 Work of Art,
Inspiration to many,
Gave more than he took,
friend to all who would listen.
When I count my blessings
I count Tim twice!
Foot note: Tim went to a sculpture show of mine a few years back, when I saw him after the show he said to me, I'm not an art guy, but I liked it, I don't really get it, but I liked it. He was an art guy and didn't even know it!
Why go see art?
Your mind is like a plant and art is the water, the sun & the nutrients needed to help you grow into something unique.
Yes your good mind needs a feed , give it some art!
Recommended Show:
The Portland Exhibit @ The Greenhut.
47 Maine artists expose their views of Portland
The Show Continues through Dec 31st
Open Monday - Saturday 10-5pm
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Hey Lars! Thanks so much for all of this...you are a true friend and much loved. xxxooo
ReplyDeletePs - Tim...born in 1958, minor detail. We love you regardless. Family from out of state wanted to know why we had a framed print of some tree in our living room? Do you know something about that??????
Tim was a very blessed man, and among his many blessings is to have a friend like you Lars. The eye of the artist sees things a bit more deeply, and you have captured with you words the true work of art that was Tim White. Thank you.
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