i didn't think i knew him. in fact i was pretty sure i didn't. his name was familiar. but as i found myself reading more and finding pictures, i learned that this was the artist behind gianthuman.com. i had found out about him and seen his work, almost 8 years ago now and all of a sudden the information started to hit me like a tonne of bricks. furiously the blurry attempts to place a time when i had met him and talked to him started to flood in. i forget the place, time or date but this i remember:
i remember he was small and skinny as i approached him to tell him i really liked his work.
i remember sharing the same interest in the design is kinky website/blog.
i remember him asking me if i had a website, and i remember shyly replying, "i don't have one yet", i don't know what he said after,
but i remember they were encouraging words. and that was that.
i remember feeling really awesome after meeting him, commenting on how nice he was.
its so strange how memories like this, people we meet, can sit below the surface for so long and how i wish it was under different circumstances, i took this walk down memory lane to remember. what an incredible loss.
to everyone you may meet, or have met.. realize that under all the pile of memories we collect in our lives, we will remember... so be nice.
rest in peace nathan matthews.
