Jim Thorpe
I haven't seen this on the forum and thought some may want to know about the death a great artist:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009 ... oriam.html
tintin
Thank you Jim. That this news has been overlooked on the Forum is unbelievable and sad. I was not an intimate friend of Jason, but I had known him since I first arrived in Bali myself, in 1984. I never lived there full-time, and it was always one of the things I was looking forward to do when returning to the Island: meet Jason and catch up with his incredible life-stories, including some very personal, funny (and not so funny) adventures. But Jason was a tower of optimism: he saw life as a glass half-full and he seemed to sincerely laugh at life's drawbacks and adversities. I remember two recent stories; the minibus he had finally managed to acquire few years ago, which spontaneously incinerated on the road to Lodtunduh, and the roof of the house he was building near Nyuh Kuning which collapsed, because the builder had laid 10 or 15 cm of concrete instead of 2 or 3 cm!. Come to think of it, I never got to see that house. The several times I tried to go and visit, I never found the "small road leading to it, to the right of the highway, after the bridge." "Frog," he used to call me.
Jason was a life-force, with a remarkable joie de vivre which indeed was contagious. I know he will be missed by many, many people, and personally, I already know that when I return to Bali, there will be something missing for sure.
My sincere condolences to his family.
Dasha
"He carved the sign for Phillip Island's first health food restaurant, lent a life-size bull as a landmark and brought Rolf Harris along on opening night to stir up business in a town not yet ready for lentil burgers". Courtesy Jakarta Post
I v'e surfed PI for 35 years and have always wondered where the sudden explosion of lentil burgers came from in the 80s . After a surf and a reefer (when we was a pot head) the sudden attack of the "munchies" would force the perusal of a trusty LBurg in Cowes or San Remo on the way back to the mainland. Thanks Jim you have solved one of life's mysteries. And how lucky were you Daniel to have met the guy.
Great article too btw...what an artist and spectacular person he was. :mrgreen:
mimpimanis
[quote]That this news has been overlooked on the Forum is unbelievable and sad.[/quote]
Maybe others, like me had not heard of him and so would not take notice of his passing. I have three Balinese here in the house right now and none of them had heard of him either, so I am not alone in my ignorance.
Anton
i could'nt open the link but found another so try this one too :?
http://www.jasonmonet.com/images/obit-t ... 3-5-09.pdf
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Sanurian
I have only just now heard of Jason's sudden move to his new studio in the sky. Of course, in one way I'm sorry to hear this because I won't get to see him again, any time soon. I extend my deepest condolences to his family and close friends.
I was in Ubud several days ago and for some reason or other, I started thinking about him (hadn't seen him for maybe three years or so).
I don't remember exactly when I first met this huge bearded giant of a man, but spent many hours with him over the years (usually drinking copiously and talking about life and women). To be honest, when we first met, I thought he was a bit of a phoney. Just another expat dreamer professing to be an artist on Bali. That was until I realised he was truly a very talented man with an extraordinary history.
To this day, I still don't know if he was a descendant of Claude Monet, or not. Doesn't matter. He was larger than life, and not too bad a "dancer" when he felt like it.
I wish him all the very best wherever he is...and if there are any pretty angels in the vicinity, watch out!
:cry:
Dasha
Good to see you that you are still here though Sanurian - thought you had joined JM for a minute there :!:
