https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbxG3p_pDpY
He is evanescent, yet ever present to me; inextricably woven into the fabric of my life, yet rarely appearing in sharp focus â except in his music. Listening to it, I am still overwhelmed by the immediacy of his presence: by melancholy and delight, by amusement (because Nick could be very funny), by bafflement and grief, by love â âJoy and woe are woven fineâ, to quote from William Blake, one of Nickâs influences. I think I share these feelings with a growing number of people. Nickâs death has not been an end, but a beginning. And to all who love and know him through his music, he is, perhaps, a brother. Cally, my collaborator, is one of those who never knew Nick in the flesh, but whose journey of discovery, made with tact, humility and compassion, has led him to understand, and accept, as I do, that Nick defies easy answers. Together we are aiming to produce a book that will not seek to explain Nick, but rather to conjure him up for a brief moment. The book will be more than a narrative: it will be, we hope, a companion; a beautiful object, worthy of its subject, so that Nick can, indeed, be Remembered For A While.
â Gabrielle Drake
https://www.rememberedforawhile.com/the-book/
