Adrian & Barney

Pat Sullivan

Our graduating class just lost a second member last night. Pat was funny as hell. Always willing to go a few steps further than anyone to make everyone laugh. I always wondered what happened to him and he sent an update to our alumni news once about 8 years ago saying something like "Pat Sullivan lives in California, he has not graduated from any college, he has not gotten married and does not have any children." It ran pretty much like that in our alumni newsletter where usually that's all that is announced. He was a funny kid and I'll never forget him. Our class, as it turned out, wound up with a bumper crop of teachers. I was very impressed at how benevolent most of the career choices were for our class. Anyhow, if I graduated with you - you automatically have a special place in my heart. Out of millions of people on this planet you're special to me.

Sad news came recently from an old friend of mine from the art institute. Apparently she has been widowed at a very young age (30?) and has a young child.
I wasn't even aware she had been married or had had a baby. I saw the memorial site for her husband and found out that he was a prolific web video artist. Here's a beautiful film he made.