What a thrill, reading this. Thanks so much for sharing with all the Ficks, including Mom (age 98), and ensuing generations emerging from the pair who gave us life and light, and you, warmth and inspiration.
Although you and I were always hovering around each other during these early days of you becoming an artist, I never appreciated the details of how you came to be such. So thanks for this recounting and also the appreciation of my Dad's role.
On a side note, I do remember you considering University of New Hampshire as we were making our way to Montreal that winter of 1975. And shopping the art supply shop in Concord during our layover for the bus.
To us kids, David Fick was a bohemian, long before we knew that word. He was able to survive, maybe even thrive in both creative and business worlds. His mouth was always shaped to grin, never grimace, and he was generous in spirit as well as with his time. Thank you for remembering him here ... and reminding me of him and the Ficks' welcoming household on (I think it was) Otteray.
Oh, how I do love "how this came to be" stories -- and yours is so deftly, affectionately told, retaining (recapturing?) the wonder of each new unfolding into where you belong. Makes me feel better about my own wander-y trek (it would be overstatement to call it a path...), and my apparent stubbornness about allowing myself to so often be drawn to (or away from) invitations based on what made me feel more/less alive or found intriguing. People tend to forget that the other half of "Curiosity killed the cat" is that "satisfaction brought her back." Not that where even a resonant curiosity takes me is always satisfying, but the pursuit of it rarely fails to be. Enjoying your writings very much! Thank you!
Sat down on the front bench, sweaty from bike ride, beer in hand. Thought id just read a little to recover (drink beer) and something about this just drew me in. Somehow nostalgic, without any relevant attachment at all. Enjoyed very much!
What a thrill, reading this. Thanks so much for sharing with all the Ficks, including Mom (age 98), and ensuing generations emerging from the pair who gave us life and light, and you, warmth and inspiration.
Although you and I were always hovering around each other during these early days of you becoming an artist, I never appreciated the details of how you came to be such. So thanks for this recounting and also the appreciation of my Dad's role.
On a side note, I do remember you considering University of New Hampshire as we were making our way to Montreal that winter of 1975. And shopping the art supply shop in Concord during our layover for the bus.
To us kids, David Fick was a bohemian, long before we knew that word. He was able to survive, maybe even thrive in both creative and business worlds. His mouth was always shaped to grin, never grimace, and he was generous in spirit as well as with his time. Thank you for remembering him here ... and reminding me of him and the Ficks' welcoming household on (I think it was) Otteray.
Parkway, not Otteray, Mark, but thanks for your remembrance of my father.
Oh, how I do love "how this came to be" stories -- and yours is so deftly, affectionately told, retaining (recapturing?) the wonder of each new unfolding into where you belong. Makes me feel better about my own wander-y trek (it would be overstatement to call it a path...), and my apparent stubbornness about allowing myself to so often be drawn to (or away from) invitations based on what made me feel more/less alive or found intriguing. People tend to forget that the other half of "Curiosity killed the cat" is that "satisfaction brought her back." Not that where even a resonant curiosity takes me is always satisfying, but the pursuit of it rarely fails to be. Enjoying your writings very much! Thank you!
Thank you for this Charisse
Sat down on the front bench, sweaty from bike ride, beer in hand. Thought id just read a little to recover (drink beer) and something about this just drew me in. Somehow nostalgic, without any relevant attachment at all. Enjoyed very much!