And yet another one passes away

Last night, one of my favorite artists Zdzisław Beksiński was brutally murdered in his apartment, not 500 meters from where I live. His official site's down at the moment, but you can see his dark, oneiric and very beautiful art here, and his photomanipulations here.

His son, one of the best Polish translators of English works (responsible for giving us Monty Python, among others), hanged himself on Christmas 1999 in his apartment, which is a few doors away from mine, on the same floor.

I was just walking past the father's apartment. The windows are dark, haunted.

Rest in peace.