William involved himself in many activities and causes, serving on the board of the Vineyard Conservation Society, assisting at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, and celebrating with the Unitarian Universalist Pagans. He was the quintessential host and creative cook, and stimulating conversation was assured at his formal meals and high teas.
He created beautiful gardens around his house and an intricate web of trails featuring found art and installations at every turn. He participated in the formation of the Radical Faeries, an association of queer-identified individuals founded in 1979 whose shared beliefs include free expression, an appreciation for nature, and a wry campiness.įollowing his mother’s death in 1991, William moved to Martha’s Vineyard and lived in the camp on the pond. He volunteered with Shanti Project, one of the world’s first community-based organizations to help support people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. William lost several close friends to AIDS in the early years of the epidemic. His art appears in the San Francisco Public Library’s Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering. William was particularly proud of his mail art that featured calligraphy and chromatically complementary antique stamps. He moved to San Francisco in the late ’70s and worked as a professional calligrapher whose works included a logo for the long-running NPR series Music from the Hearts of Space and calligraphy for books by the poet James Broughton. He wrote his thesis, “Miles of Earth, Rivers of Heaven,” advised by Prof.
The family spent summers at a camp on Seth’s Pond, and, as a child, William lived in London for several years while his father was a visiting lecturer at Imperial College.
William grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, where his father was a math professor at Brown University. October 20, 2021, in Edgartown, Massachusetts, from thyroid cancer.
0 kommentar(er)
