More on Chuck
Jan. 22nd, 2003 02:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blueeowynAs with many Fest people, I didn't know Chuck in his real life that well. We had chatted a bit about his kids (I had met two of them).
While at the church yesterday, I heard some more stories about him. He had arranged to paint some scenery for a play (it wasn't clear to me if it was for a church group or a school) and had made wallpaper using rolls of drawing paper on the cafeteria tables. He was wonderfully creative, caring, warm, and loving.
He was a gentle, shy humored man with a twinkle in his eye. He did so many tasks that people didn't know about or think about. He would adjust the volume at the Joust Field depending on who had the next line (which given that some people could be heard at the far end of the field w/out amplification is a GoodThing). He would tease people in the friendliest manner but was ever gentle and kind in it.
As it turns out, he was also stubborn and gave too much of himself, refusing to take the rest his body needed. He was scheduled to have surgery this week for his heart ... alas, it was not soon enough.
As another LJ user pointed out, that is two VERY important and completely irreplaceable people from the festival in two years. Both knew they had heart problems, both didn't share their problems more than necessary to others. Maybe we all need to take the American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/ more seriously.
Wind to thy wings
While at the church yesterday, I heard some more stories about him. He had arranged to paint some scenery for a play (it wasn't clear to me if it was for a church group or a school) and had made wallpaper using rolls of drawing paper on the cafeteria tables. He was wonderfully creative, caring, warm, and loving.
He was a gentle, shy humored man with a twinkle in his eye. He did so many tasks that people didn't know about or think about. He would adjust the volume at the Joust Field depending on who had the next line (which given that some people could be heard at the far end of the field w/out amplification is a GoodThing). He would tease people in the friendliest manner but was ever gentle and kind in it.
As it turns out, he was also stubborn and gave too much of himself, refusing to take the rest his body needed. He was scheduled to have surgery this week for his heart ... alas, it was not soon enough.
As another LJ user pointed out, that is two VERY important and completely irreplaceable people from the festival in two years. Both knew they had heart problems, both didn't share their problems more than necessary to others. Maybe we all need to take the American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/ more seriously.
Wind to thy wings
