I had a beer with him a month ago in Oakland. All was fine, we had fun, he was not exactly enthusiastic about life, but relaxed and balanced. He was always well organized and aware of his duties and doing everything right. He lived healthy (vegetarian) and conscious. He told me about his new love for bicycle sport and I would never expect him to ride a not maintained bicycle or do anything dangerous... but maybe it was not really... destiny... bad luck... reboot... most useless to ask: why?
when the shock passes, we may start asking: what now?
but now, you do not need to know what you will do, Violet. Dont worry for the future. I know you have your own strong impulse which will give you reasons to continue waking up in the morning. I am very sorry you invitably fall into this sad time now, but it will go by, life goes on, joy comes back! Please trust and be patient...
For now we best concentrate to remember and admire Kims great qualities and thank for all he did!
I feel I initiated, shared and broke one of his biggest passion.
He had strong ideals about companionship and he started Loopers-Delight as element of an anarchistic vision for which the internet was a fascinating chance.
Since our work never came to sustain him, he always had a job, to which he took very serious too, working late, and then spent all of his free time for the loop project, during years, believing in the future success and the present sense of being helpful to musicians.
Without his patience and diplomatic talent, the EDP probably would have died in 1995, or at one of the later opportunities when Gibson reorganized manufacturing and he had to explain and set up all again...
His patient and insisting testing and fixing of my bugs turned it into a useful tool.
With his talent to write quick and clear, he not only wrote the manual but kept explaining in emails and on the site...
Yes, "patience" is in every sentence. Commitment, constance... even when he lost interest in looping more and more, he continued sustaining the Looper-Delight site and list... even when he was not part of Aurisis any more, he wished us success and helped with suggestions for the next tool we are working on... a GREAT FRIEND !!
may he take a deserved break and start great new life beyond!
Date: 20 June 2010 12:49:08 GMT-03:00
This is Violet. Kim Flint and I have been together for the past 19 years.
I am so sorry to be writing this post...
Kim was killed in a tragic accident yesterday afternoon. He was riding his
bike down a steep hill in Berkeley, lost control, and collided with an
oncoming car. Doctors did everything they could to try to save him, but
they couldn't.
Looper's Delight was so important to Kim and he'd want you, the community
he so loved, to know.
I don't know what I'm going to do. I can't even think of a reason to keep
waking up without him.
Violet