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sean.bonner Wrote:Thanks everyone for posting.

Been reading all day. Hope posting thoughts has helped you guys as much as reading them has helped me.

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mark Wrote:I’m sure this has been posted before, but it is really cool.

THe Artist sold prints of these on amazing paper stock for 20 bucks (shipping included) i have it hung in my office!

Here is my blurb I will be saying during the morning prayer intention during morning announcements at my school (St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic) tomorrow:

He personified love and he helped make me a better teacher, father, person, and Christian. A country mourns a beautiful, brilliant soul. Not because we knew him but because he helped us know ourselves. He was an activist for the value of art and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. “Heaven is a better place today”, as Gord Downie would say. We learn in school that there are Christ figures in literature, but in life, we come to know of a handful of Christ figures. Gord’s music and words picked me (and many others) up at my lowest points, supreme ordeals, and rock bottom moments. In his words: “Done and done. Night accomplished. If I had a wish, I’d wish for more of this.”

So so so sad. *crying jags

eatmecompletely Wrote:Knew it was coming
But never expected it
End of an era

His music was and still in an inspiration
I am grateful for

I always found myself growing with each new album
Every time a new album came out something significant like a job moving cities getting married having a good
His lyrics gave me great comfort with the changes in my life

This exactly. The Hip were beside me my entire life. Every album seemed to come out with each new "chapter" of my own life. From college, to marriage, to kids, to divorce, to new relationship, to moving, to getting remarried last year.....on August 20th......we had selected the date the summer before,so complete coincidence. Still trying to select a tattoo that commemorates both.

It's just strange to think of never seeing them again, never a new album to look forward to. Feel like kind of being adrift now after having these 5 guys beside me for basically my entire life playing its sound track......

Lyrics always take on a new found poignancy and meaning in times like this. I was listening to some solo Gord today and one verse in particular hit me quite hard:

From "The Only Place to Be":
I'll just close my eyes. I'll just catch my breath
This is the only place to be
I've got lots of time, my whole life ahead
This is the only place to be

This song made me consider the similarities between the sad journeys of Charlie and Gord, both thinking at one point that they had their "whole life ahead". When feeling sad I don't typically turn to something upbeat, I like to go all the way and wallow in the depths of my sadness. And this song certainly did that for me.

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mark Wrote:I’m sure this has been posted before, but it is really cool.

THe Artist sold prints of these on amazing paper stock for 20 bucks (shipping included) i have it hung in my office!

Very cool. I’m jealous

Watching the National right now. So far they've devoted the entire hour to Gord, and I'm a crying, blubbering mess.

VioletLite Wrote:My hero, My heart.
RIP to the very finest. <3

love

I turned on my radio today and heard Fiddler's Green. I knew right away. Heartbroken.

Thank you everyone for your well thought out words, short or long...hang in there everyone

patiodweller Wrote:Here is my blurb I will be saying during the morning prayer intention during morning announcements at my school (St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic) tomorrow:

He personified love and he helped make me a better teacher, father, person, and Christian. A country mourns a beautiful, brilliant soul. Not because we knew him but because he helped us know ourselves. He was an activist for the value of art and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. “Heaven is a better place today”, as Gord Downie would say. We learn in school that there are Christ figures in literature, but in life, we come to know of a handful of Christ figures. Gord’s music and words picked me (and many others) up at my lowest points, supreme ordeals, and rock bottom moments. In his words: “Done and done. Night accomplished. If I had a wish, I’d wish for more of this.”

So so so sad. *crying jags

Beautiful and touching. I'm glad he made you a better teacher and a better Christian. Good knows good.

We'll miss you, Gord. The positive impact you had on this world is immeasurable, more than most could ever hope to have. Thank you.