I am just finding out about Brian.  Brian would usually call me once a year, in the fall, after he moved back to Wisconsin.  Always around deer hunting season.  This year I didn't get a call.  Today, I looked to get in touch with him and saw this notice.   I have no words to begin to even tell you how sorry I am.  Brian was my closest friend in the early 2000's era...we worked on a project together and would talk every day.  We finally met when he invited a few of us from our office to meet up with him and his buddies from KKE.  It was a Halloween party, and he was dressed as a pirate.  I was a Borg.  The next Monday, he would start my day, every day for how many years with " Borgie's thought for the day. "  Here was one that has stayed with me through the years:" What is inspiration? Is it like one of those unpredictable warm breezes on a cool fall day you never know where it's going to come from but it's great when it does arrive and even though the experience is fleeting the memory and impact tends to live on."  When he worked at Toma, I would get postcards from all over the world with notes of books he read or galleries that he had been to.  I love Susan  Tedeschi because of him.  I remember how excited he was to tell me that he met the Dalai Lama.  So many warm and wonderful memories.  His kindness, charisma, talent, thoughtfulness and intelligence go unmatched.  He was a gift to all who knew him, his memory and impact will live on.   Brian and Autumn, if you read this, he was so proud of you and talked about you all the time. All the crazy things he did with you. (Well at least if he wasn't talking about something art/photo/book/music related).  I missed him when he moved, but now I will miss him forever.  Godspeed my Friend

Being that this is so late, I'm not sure if I can leave a donation here, so I will donate to the Walker Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Fund.  I know that he worked with Frank Gehry at one time and it displays his "Standing Fish".