FOR BONNIE SHERK...... MEMORIAL

FOR  BONNIE SHERK...... MEMORIAL

BONNIE SHERK: PERFORMANCE ARTIST/ECOLOGIST/HUMANIST:  by LINDA MARY MONTANO

 

1.THANK YOU BONNIE FOR YOUR WONDERFULLY PERFORMATIVE STYLE AND COSTUMING IN CLOTHES/MAKE UP/BRACELETS/HATS AND SCARVES: YOU INSPIRE ME

 

2.THANK YOU BONNIE FOR WORKING BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A S.F DONUT SHOP BACK IN THE 70'S AND CALLING THAT ART:  YOU INSPIRE ME

 

3.THANK YOU BONNIE FOR INTRODUCING ME TO YOUR PET PIG, (WAS SHE/HE CALLED  PIGLET?) WHO LIVED WITH YOU IN YOUR S.F. STUDIO  WHICH  WAS FILLED WITH PLANTS AND OTHER ANIMALS AND YOU CALLED THAT STUDIO  EITHER A FARM OR THE FARM: YOU INSPIRE ME

 

4. THANK YOU BONNIE FOR ALWAYS BEING TOTALLY CHARMING, FOR CHOOSING THE CORRECT BRIGHT RED LIPSTICK TO GO WITH YOUR GENEROUS SMILE,  FOR CREATING INTRICATE AND MIND-BENDING WORD-PLAY, FOR BEING FILLED WITH LIFE-JOY,  AND FOR SHOWERING ALL WITH HOPE IN NATURE: YOU INSPIRE ME

 

5.THANK YOU BONNIE FOR ACTING LIMITLESSLY AND  FEARLESSLY WHEN IT CAME TO YOU GATHERING SUPPORTERS/BACKERS/FUNDERS/GRANTERS/BIG BUCKS  FOR YOUR PROJECTS WHICH TAUGHT ECOLOGY/FOOD/GARDENING/SAFE NOURISHMENT/RESPECT FOR ANIMALS TO CHILDREN, YOUNG AND OLD: YOU INSPIRE ME

 

6.THANK YOU BONNIE FOR ASKING ME TO SPEAK WELL OF YOU FOR A JOB YOU WANTED TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL ART EVENTHOUGH YOU WERE VERY ILL AT THE TIME: YOUR LIMITLESSNESS AND UNSTOPPABLE VISION INSPIRE ME

 

7.THANK YOU BONNIE FOR CARRYING AND WEARING ILLNESS AS A  FACT NOT A SENTENCE.  BECAUSE OF THIS ATTITUDE YOU NEVER STOPPED YOURSELF FROM APPEARING ON ZOOM LECTURES EVEN WHEN OBVIOUSLY ILL, YOU NEVER STOPPED YOURSELF  FROM DREAMING YOUR VISION PUBLICALLY, NEVER STOPPED YOURSELF FROM CONTINUING YOUR PRACTICE, EVEN TO THE END: YOU INSPIRE ME.

 

WE CONTINE BONNIE, TO ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR SMILE OF HOPE AND  WE PROMISE TO  BREATHE COURAGE TO OTHERS, COURAGE WHICH WE REMEMBER YOU GENEROUSLY SHARED WITH US. 

 

 BONNIE SHERK, YOUR PERFORMATIVE LIFE-JOY-ART IS A BLESSING.

 

LINDA

FEBRUARY 2022