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A Few Words for Sandy Herrold
Jul. 20th, 2011 09:01 pmIt's not just that Sandy Herrold's influence on fans and fandom is unquestionable. It's that it's unquestionably *excellent*. I mean, just look at this: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Sandy_Herrold#Remembrances
She touched so many people in such profound ways...before I was even *born*.
I was looking forward to finally seeing more of her, and I can't help but feel cheated that I will never get the chance to know her better than my first (dazed and hopelessly n00b-tranced) Vividcon. Her feedback was...honestly it's the only feedback I can still clearly remember.
Personally, I will never know her any better than as the woman who boldly stated "This vid made me cry, but did not earn my tears" in Vividcon Vid Review in 2009. But I will not forget that moment. Because when you hear something like that, it is something that you *remember*. You take it with you, and it challenges you to demand more from media as a viewer, and more from yourself as a creator.
And she was (hell, *is*) so important to people who are very dear to me. So frankly, if they credit her with even an ounce of the brilliant, lovely beings they are today, I have to consider myself lucky just to have entered her orbit.
She touched so many people in such profound ways...before I was even *born*.
I was looking forward to finally seeing more of her, and I can't help but feel cheated that I will never get the chance to know her better than my first (dazed and hopelessly n00b-tranced) Vividcon. Her feedback was...honestly it's the only feedback I can still clearly remember.
Personally, I will never know her any better than as the woman who boldly stated "This vid made me cry, but did not earn my tears" in Vividcon Vid Review in 2009. But I will not forget that moment. Because when you hear something like that, it is something that you *remember*. You take it with you, and it challenges you to demand more from media as a viewer, and more from yourself as a creator.
And she was (hell, *is*) so important to people who are very dear to me. So frankly, if they credit her with even an ounce of the brilliant, lovely beings they are today, I have to consider myself lucky just to have entered her orbit.
