minori_k: my post

[unbelievable2]

It's been amazing to see the outpouring of love for our wonderful Minori, but in no way surprising. She was a unique and lovely individual; uniquely and hugely talented, without a doubt, but most of all a uniquely beautiful spirit and personality. She was *immediately* your friend - she was so generous with her affection and loyalty.

The only time I met her was at the Scarsdale lunch last year. I feel very lucky that I got to meet her in person. She was talking then about coming back to the UK this year. I recall standing in Holland Park gardens and her telling me in her sweet voice how she was feeling so healthy and knew that everything was going to be all right. I also remember that almost immediately she got home she had bad news. And then she started on her determined and brave fight to Beat It. So positive, so hopeful, so very Minori.

We have lost such a glory.

Her art we will be able to treasure longer. Thanks to all who have been working to ensure we preserve her legacy.

It's lovely to see people posting her artwork, picking out faves. I'd like to post this:

For me, it sums up her skill and empathy. She has her own style; she *gets* the character so well; and  - so important - she has this wonderful ability to place the figure in a way that conveys everything we need to know. Here I feel how tense and determined Bodie is. It's very cinematic, and very much her trademark.

We will miss her so much.

I will be writing again to her husband, and will sum what has been said in the many posts. And I have had a kind offer of help with the Japanese so that will assist him in understanding us.

ETA: Looking at this on the mobile app, "figure" above turns into "div".
:0 WTF? Not intentional, sorry! But I can't see how to edit on the mobile app, if indeed it would edit anyway, as clearly it's not actually that in the main post...

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. We lost someone over a year ago and it still hurts to see her name pop up. Gone, but never forgotten.

You might contact LJ and have them change her journal from active to tribute (I think that's what they call it). That was it will never be purged for being inactive and it won't be lost.

*hugs*

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And a clever and good person here has already done what you suggest. I recalled what you did for ?Svetlanacat last year, and am pleased we have done the same for minori_k.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

It's good to know that her journal will be saved. *hugs*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

We have lost such a glory.

We have indeed... and the second in such a short time.

Thank you for all you've done - it's horrid to have to break the news, horrid to have to frame the words that are never enough to the family left behind.

Sodding disease.

Thank you for letting her husband know how much she was and is loved, and how very much she will be missed by so many people. ♥

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

I am very conscious that I didn't know her as long or as well as many of you guys here, but I just feel such a lovely thing - Minori and her friendship - has been stolen; from me, from you, from everyone.

Sodding disease indeed. >:((((

As you said, once again we and the world lose someone so special.

[freetraveller15.livejournal.com]

Wonderful tribute and I agree totally with what you say. Minori has blessed this fandom and our lives with her humanity, warmth, style, imagination.
I love the drawing you posted. I don't remember seeing it before. Very dynamic and "cinematic", it's true. I'm constantly amazed at her creative talent.
Thank you so much for liaising with her husband and with getting help for a Japanese translation.
*hugs you*

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

I am indebted to fiorenza_a who posted the link to Minori's blog, and I found it there.
ETA: I was trying to find the link to fiorenza's page for you but I can't make it work. Do look at her post on T&SR

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

Thank you - this is the link to Minori's Tegaki Blog: http://tegaki.pipa.jp/118865/

I just wish I knew how to preserve that.

My own health has been improving so much this year, I'd hoped to make it to meet Minori if she came over. She was such a lovely person to converse with and her art is an asset to fandom.

It's wonderful that someone can help convey in Japanese just how very much she was appreciated - I don't suppose for one minute that her loved ones need to be told what a lovely person she was - but it would be nice to think that we could make them understand how very much we think so too.

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely collection of artwork.
Maybe you could get to one of the Pros meets that happen from time to time, if you feel strong enough? I much enjoyed meeting you at Wink last year. A whole year away, and so much sadness has happened in it. :((

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

My health is now improving in leaps and bounds, but my finances are still a bit precarious (never let a mad person loose with your purse - even if you are that mad person!), but yes I'm hoping that I can sort that out in the coming months and start attending a few more events.

Next year should definitely be better on that score - and I loved meeting you and everyone else too :0)

It has been an immensely sad year since then, both the losses in fandom and the illness and loss amongst my friends.

I'm having a quiet week this week to reflect on that.

[freetraveller15.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. I bookmarked the link to Minori's artwork blog kindly posted by fiorenza_a and discovered quite a few treasures there!

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

What a great pic, I don't recall seeing this one before. What a talented lass she was, and such a sweet and generous soul too.

You were so lucky to have met her in person, I wish I'd been able to meet her too.

Thank you so much for passing on all our condolences to her husband, it's very much appreciated by all of Minori's Pros friends.

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

I feel very lucky too. :) She was one of those people who end up exactly as you imagine them. Possibly even more so!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Minori wasgenerous with her affection and loyalty, just as she was with sharing her art and joy in Pros. Did you know that picture you've posted was part of a series? She originally posted them here, in response to requests that she'd asked for, what we'd like to see the lads in. One of my biggest sadnesses is that I didn't finish writing her Ghost in the Shell fic - I managed a small Christmas beginning story for her, but not the big story. I'll still do it for her one day, and know that it was in her heart...

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

Wow! These are wonderful! Thank you for the link. And I permitted myself a little wallow for a moment, reading her comments.

[stargatesg1971.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend, hon. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I've not seen her work before but from you've posted I can see she was very talented. I'm glad to hear that her LJ has been archived as a tribue to her talents.

*hugs*

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetie. She was a real original, as well as a truly lovely person.

sad

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

What sad news to hear on the loss of Minori. She was truly gifted in her art and her generosity. When conversing with her via ljmail, she was always cheerful and friendly.

I am sorry I am so late in responding to this news, but I have been out of touch with LJ for a few weeks due to laptop meltdown. Thank you for keeping us updated and helping to preserve her work.

Re: sad

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

We miss her, that's for sure. :((

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

I love the picture - I don't think I'd even seen this one before, so I'm doubly grateful to you for sharing it. I've been almost inexistent recently, but I kept this tab open because I didn't want to miss thanking you - for your tribute, for contacting Minori's husband (so very, very grateful for that) and for sharing the memories of meeting Minori and of enjoying her sweet, lovely, humorous vision of the Lads with all of us. She was so generous with her artwork, and so incredibly positive in her outlook - it's no wonder that she was and is loved and missed so much.
I do hope I get to cross paths with you again before too long.

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

I hope you are okay, even if inexistent? Life is full right now and the year is going past at lightning speed so I know how it is not to be able to keep up with things here. I am way behind on lots of obligations.... :(