Special Episode: Remembering Andy de Vale - SE11/EP15
Welcome to a special edition of the Sketchnote Army Podcast in which we honor the life of visual thinking pioneer: Andy de Vale.
Andy, along with Robb Lockwood, Clare Mills, and Lucy Burns are the team that created ScotViz.
Andy tragically and suddenly passed away in July of 2022. On August 18th, 2022, ScotViz held a memorial meetup with the blessing of his family — where those whose lives were touched by Andy could tell their stories of him as a remembrance.
This podcast is a collection of those same stories, edited together, as a way the Sketchnote Army and our podcast can honor Andy’s impactful life in the world and in the visual thinking community.
May Andy’s impact live on our lives as we go forward.
Links
WorkVisible
ScotViz
ScotViz: Remembering Andy
Memories from friends and colleagues:
Robb Lockwood
Frank Wesseler
Mike Rohde
Lucy Burns
Feel no guilt in laughter, he'd know how much you care.
Feel no sorrow in a smile that he is not here to share.
You cannot grieve forever; he would not want you to.
He'd hope that you could carry on the way you always do.
So, talk about the good times and the way you showed you cared,
The days you spent together, all the happiness you shared.
Let memories surround you, a word someone may say
Will suddenly recapture a time, an hour, a day,
That brings him back as clearly as though he were still here,
And fills you with the feeling that he is always near.
For if you keep those moments, you will never be apart
And he will live forever locked safely within your heart.
Holger Nils Paul
Frankie Bianchi
Ray Edgar
Gemma Jones
Scott
Jim in New Zealand
Christian Harmsen
Sandra Bach
Benjamin Felis
Jose Casal
Elena Urizar
Kevin Austin
Kristian Rønne
The sailboat
I’m standing on the beach an early summer morning
I see how a sailboat spreads out its sails and heads out to sea
I follow the boat until it disappears over the horizon
Someone besides me says, now its gone
I answer, gone, no
It is just us that have lost sight of it
The boat is still there beyond the horizon
In the same moment we say: now its gone
Other voices take over and say
Look… there it is, its coming
-Unkown