He Is an ARTIST

Terik is an Artist. An amazing Artist! Everything he touched became more beautiful and more amazing because he had had a hand in it.  He had an awesome ability to make things more lovely,  exceptional, lifting. He had this gift not just with his pen or with his paintbrush or with his fingers as they raced across the piano keys, but also with his words and his kindness and his love for others. He would mold others in his hands as he  helped us to feel and see of the beauty and goodness within ourselves.  Things we may not have even known that were there.   We often did not even recognize what he was doing, but later as we left him we would feel happier lighter  and more at peace with ourselves.

Terik's Art 2015

This is not to take away from the beauty of his artwork or the amazing pianist he was, as the music of his heart would come to life as he became one with it. It only enhances the lovely gift he has within himself as an Artist. I chose this background for Terik's Blog, a picture of his hand with a pen drawing a tree (which is one of the things he loved to draw the most), because it shows the artist within him to add beauty to this world. As I try to think of his life and what it meant to me. What does it mean to have known Terik?  This is the one thing that stands out above all else to me, that he is an artist. An artist by hand, an artist by mind, an artist of emotion, an artist in every aspect of the word. Thank you Terik for coming to earth and touching our lives with the beauty of your Art, the beauty of your soul!