I had a lovely phone conversation with an artist who created the artwork for my epic fantasy back in 2012. We launched the book in her university town and when she had a bursary to attend Documenta in Kassel I drove over and we spent a fun time visiting beaches in Croatia and walking up mountains in Austria.
I haven’t heard directly from her in over six years buy the phone conversation was a rapid mass of catch-up and the understanding that it doesn’t matter how often we touch base, we are always there for each other. It is a rare thing for anyone to bridge generation gaps and make lasting friends but maybe, just maybe, that is what artists are very good at because we don’t think like the mass of the population.
Whatever the reason it is good to know that until the end of my life she will be around.
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