May 6, 2003

• Hey, I found some of my grandpa’s art on line.
  
  I recognize “The Bird Cage”. Apparently, he was a mentor to the artist, Luana, that the website memorializes. There’s a bit on him too:
  

  John C. Goray (1912-1990) was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute and a member of the Art Student’s League, New York.  He worked as an art instructor, specializing in acrylics at the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts during the early to mid-seventies. He inspired his students to express themselves, bring their own visions to life, and not to be limited to a decorative art style. He taught the dramatic use of colors and had a gruff exterior that made him quite a character.

  In many ways, he’s kind of the flagship of my family – the one we think of when we declare ourselves to be “Gorays”. One of my true regrets is not having known him better.
  
  Thich Nhat Hanh says that all moments exist in the present and that it is never too late to tell someone you love them. I like a lot of what the Buddhists have to say, but I’ve yet to feel how that one works.

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