THE WOOD OF LOST STORIES
ROB HOLDSTOCK, 1948 - 2009
Two weeks ago, Robert Holdstock died from an E. coli infection, in just over ten days. We were following his progress daily, when on the 27th, his condition, which had been improving or optimistically stable, suddenly worsened. He died at 4 a.m. on November 29th. He was 61 years old.
You can easily find all the details of Rob’s career and books on Wikipedia, so I won’t bore you with that here, and homages will abound, as they do, but I’d like to add a few thoughts.
Read the whole entry - Posted by John on 16/12/09 | 04:00 AM |
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A FEW LINES ON MAKING LINES
« Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. »
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Over the last few months, I have filled a coffee cup halfway to the brim with pencil stubs and it suddenly occured to me that while I happily take brand-new pencils and sharpen and otherwise sketch and draw them down to next to nothing, I knew nothing about the origins of such a wonderful and simple instrument and what one does with it.
Read the whole entry - Posted by John on 01/12/09 | 04:00 AM |
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