Either Way It's Perfect

Either Way It's PerfectArtist Statement This book is about two lives lived in the same time and place and yet had very different experiences. My wife, Noni Reisner, had dementia I cared for her for 6 years. She was a very funny, witty person, and that sense of humor and wit continued during her dementia. She would say these short sayings and I started to write them down on any piece of paper I could grab. Backs of envelopes, shopping lists, etc. While caring for her I did

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Artist Statement

This book is about two lives lived in the same time and place and yet had very different experiences. My wife, Noni Reisner, had dementia I cared for her for 6 years. She was a very funny, witty person, and that sense of humor and wit continued during her dementia. She would say these short sayings and I started to write them down on any piece of paper I could grab. Backs of envelopes, shopping lists, etc. While caring for her I did little artwork but I did make a few drawings. A few years after she died I started the watercolors and drawings that make up this book. It was the book designer Laura Lindgren who suggested that I combine them with Noni's sayings that I collected and make a book which she helped design. This book is a kind of visual memoir of that difficult yet spiritual time.