This episode is dedicated to my friend Edwin Erminy.
The theatre and arts community of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and the world lost an amazing artist tonight.
I lost my friend.
Edwin will always be a testament to the joy, excitement and passion for Scenography. His love of all things art was infectious.
I cannot capture all that his life entailed in a single post nor can I begin to find the right words because there will not be enough of them.
I have lost a mentor. Someone who helped make me a better person by being around him. Who helped show me the way to becoming a better teacher. Who would also make fun of me because I was the antithesis to his way of making a plan or a drawing. Edwin's favorite phrase to me was "Come on Man" or his over the top exclamation of "What?! What?!" and then break out into laughter.
I'm glad we challenged each other. The last thing I would ever want to do was fail him no matter how much of an argument we would get into. I will remember his patience even though most things drove him mad but he never let that get out or show unless necessary. I will think of how he made fun of me for being an American and how his english somehow conveniently got bad the more "tired" he became.
There will be no last moments for me because you will not be gone. In Buddhism it is said that a spirit is not extinguished upon death, but instead transfers to another in one of six planes. That a person’s actions during their lifetime results in karma that determines in what form there spirit will be reborn—as a human, an animal, or various forms of spirits, including angels, demons, gods, and ghosts.
You will return and I know you will come visit us.
I'll always be sure to keep an eye out for you.
"I have been and always shall be your friend"
