This is a piece I wrote about my oldest friend, Doug Fitch.

A true creative genius and invaluable partner in crime...

It is true of many talented people I think

find his blog on my links

Shackled by self-doubt, but aching to create

He is besieged by a manic euphoric desperation.

Left raw from the endless grappling with his demons and muses

He is exquisitely, agonisingly sensitive

And every subtle nuance of atmosphere

Becomes a dazzling kaleidoscope of intense hues.

Be gentle with him

Forgive him

He is an artist

And by his hand

even the most mean-spirited among us

can be bewitched and enriched

And through his eyes

we can glimpse eternity.

Andrew Grundon

18/11/09