Nora Pollard
Chris was a force of nature, pure electricity, unwilling to ever be anyone but himself. Meeting in our teens changed the trajectory of my life forever. Even in immaturity he was so, so casually wise. He taught me so much about how to be true to yourself, how to argue for what you believe, that I didn't have to compromise who I was to live in the world. Almost everything I needed to learn about being authentic, about putting myself to the work of knowing myself, I learned from Chris. He taught me lessons that took me years and decades to understand.
Thanks, Chris, for teaching me to love fully, every direction everywhere all the time, to live it all, to see people, to get over myself, to get to work. Thanks for being a teenager with me. Thanks for always making time through the mess of adulthood. You deserved 100 more years and you did more than most people would do with 1000.
I'll hear your cackle electrifying the air forever.
💜



