Go, Read: Report On David Levine’s Brooklyn-Based Memorial Service
I thought this piece on Monday's service celebrating the life and accomplishments of the late David Levine one of the better memorial service reports I've ever read. I couldn't tell you why; something about the tone. The service itself sounds like it was well-attended, modest in reflection of its subject, properly laudatory in terms of his work and frequently humorous. We should maybe strive to send our best artists to their great reward with something along the lines of this dignified-sounding experience, as opposed to our more customary attempts to connect ourselves to such figures through personal anecdote and general nostalgia.
