Shocking News

[mrdreamjeans]

I was shocked to read that my LJ buddy rock_bear died this week in London. I just heard the news a couple of minutes ago when I was reading the journal of bearhedded in Seattle. Russ was a costumer/wardrobe superviser for many tours around England and in London. We often commented in each other's journals because we shared a great love for theatre and made our living in it. I read his post on January 12; suddenly, he's gone.

Russ had a wonderfully subversive sense of humor, lived life on his own terms, was a unique man. This is yet another example of how a virtual friendship can be so very meaningful. I feel his loss so tangibly this morning and it is hard to comprehend that his voice has been silenced. If anyone finds out more specific information about his death, please let me know. This is unspeakably sad ....

Comments

[bear-left.livejournal.com]

Maybe one could say that you did meet Russ, just not in the flesh? There are so very many kinds of relationships, far more than we ever learned about growing up, that maybe there's something to be said for this new kind of intimacy that's not the same as meeting in person but is still real all the same?

He made you laugh and he made you think - there's a a lovely testimony right there to what he meant to you, and how in some sense, you did meet, of a sorts.

Namaste, Neil.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Well, this left me a bit teary eyed. I thank you for articulating what I could not.

Big hugs, my friend ...