We learned today That our friend Matt Thorsen passed away yesterday after a long run with cancer. Matt was an amazing guy… We didn’t see him often but it was always around something really fun. He was a photographer for the local 7 days newspaper. We would run into him at all sorts of crazy things like art hop, or BCA shows, or Chris’s burns . One of my favorite memories is a photo shoot he did have hammers “Monroe doctrine” where we all dressed up as Marilyn Monroe and got photographed In a steam punk shower. (You had to of been there) http://johncohn.org/base/2012/02/04/friday-night-the-monoe-doctrine/

Matt was an accomplished and eclectic artist… We had a really amazing eye for photography.

I’ve been to several of his shows… They were amazing and sometimes shocking. I remember a photograph of his father that was taken shortly after his father’s death. I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. He had a very interesting and unusual world of you and captured it really well.

The last show I saw of his was at Burlington city arts. It was a fundraiser for Matt’s treatment. He got all his friends to come and i could tell that made him happy It was great seeing him then.

Eva from Seven Days did this wonderful Interview with Matt a few months ago. It was really a wonderful tribute… And I love the fact that Matt got to see it.

https://youtu.be/XWAtXKZmU0A

A month or so ago our friend Sarah and Dan made some Spiderman capes for Matt and his wife that Diane delivered. I exchanged emails with Matt just after that… That was the last time we communicated

I Will miss you Matt… You are an amazing fun and inspiring guy.

I believe there’s going to be a memorial service Format at his and his wife’s Diane’s house on Sunday.
I’ll post anything I hear

Nite all, nite Sam

-me