Post by Moses on Nov 25, 2004 8:55:45 GMT -5
The Black Commentator has lost a founding member, causing us to suspend normal operations for this week’s issue. Susan Gamble, ’s Art Director and wife of Co-Publisher Peter Gamble, succumbed to cancer after a five-year battle. Her imprint on this publication is indelible.
Susan infused our magazine with her own core values: human equality and the universal right to feel and express joy and love. Indeed, as was remarked at her memorial service, “Susan measured her world – our world – by the presence or absence of love.”
Susan believed in, and practiced, a fundamental reciprocity, a product of her conviction that human beings conveyed dignity to themselves and others by sharing things of value, and placing the highest value on things that are shared. She shared her exquisite aesthetic sensibilities with ’s readership, constantly striving to create a warm and welcoming setting that respects the visitors’ intelligence and essential nobility.
Susan’s presence enriched and inspired us; most of all, her husband and soul-mate of 25 years, Peter.
Susan was a graphic artist, landscape gardener and clothing designer. One of her favorite trees was an Acer griseum or paper bark maple. It was also the first tree Susan planted in her garden.
The image below is of an Acer griseum at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. As a memorial this tree has been dedicated to Susan by her friend Nina Schneider.
Acer griseum at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia dedicated as a memorial to Susan Gamble by her friend Nina Schneider.
Susan infused our magazine with her own core values: human equality and the universal right to feel and express joy and love. Indeed, as was remarked at her memorial service, “Susan measured her world – our world – by the presence or absence of love.”
Susan believed in, and practiced, a fundamental reciprocity, a product of her conviction that human beings conveyed dignity to themselves and others by sharing things of value, and placing the highest value on things that are shared. She shared her exquisite aesthetic sensibilities with ’s readership, constantly striving to create a warm and welcoming setting that respects the visitors’ intelligence and essential nobility.
Susan’s presence enriched and inspired us; most of all, her husband and soul-mate of 25 years, Peter.
Susan was a graphic artist, landscape gardener and clothing designer. One of her favorite trees was an Acer griseum or paper bark maple. It was also the first tree Susan planted in her garden.
The image below is of an Acer griseum at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. As a memorial this tree has been dedicated to Susan by her friend Nina Schneider.
Acer griseum at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia dedicated as a memorial to Susan Gamble by her friend Nina Schneider.