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December 2009: A TRIBUTE TO TWO TREASURED FRIENDS...
Last year a very dear friend and mentor, John Tahuparae passed away. We called him 'Tahu' and he was one of the last of the real Maori. An expert on Maori language, ancient chants, tribal history, genealogy, oratory, Maori herbal cures and Maori martial arts. A skilled guitarist Tahu had a wonderful singing voice that could take you back to the ancient times of ancestors sitting around a camp fire serenading their loved ones. In Maori terms he was a Tohunga extraordinaire. He did many things with his life and the world is a lesser place without him.
My other dear friend and mentor who passed away on the 21st of August 2009 was Edward James Goldsmith (Teddy Goldsmith). Wonderful, learned, international gentleman of European stock and rare genius who loved the world and humanity. Teddy taught me to think differently and in the process changed my art and my life. I continue to carry his thoughts in my art and my life and express his great love of the world.
My aroha to his wife Kathy, his daughter Clio, and his two sons Benedict and Zeno.
- Darcy -
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