Beulah – The Very Latest

My dearest Mike,

Whenever I am reminded of the unquestionable presence of God, I am reminded of you…. And that makes my heart sing….

I know you will truly love this story which is why I had to share it with you…. I don’t think you will believe it…. I hardly believe it myself….

Around the time I came into Manchester to see you, I was out having dinner with Ben… We were on our way back to the car when we passed a new bar and Ben suggested we nip in for a night cap… I was driving so I didn’t mind going for him and so we did… Whilst waiting at the bar (and to be honest, a little bored by now!!)

I notice a lone magazine just sitting there…. On the front cover was the most beautiful sculpture I had ever seen in my entire life…. I know at this point that I cannot leave this place without that magazine so I ask the gentleman behind the bar if he’d be so kind as to let me buy it from him… He of course waves his hand, dismissing the offer of coin and instead insists I take the magazine and enjoy it….

I accompany Ben to one of the many recesses in the joint (!) and whilst in his “beautiful soul” way, he chats away to the people around him, I dive into the magazine, devouring every image of this artists work I can find….

Finally I find myself at the back page where I see his name …. Kris Kuksi …. I decide he sounds extremely important and I am tempted not to use the contact email provided, simply because I fear my message will get lost within the thousands of others, admiring him and his sensational work….
 

Curiosity gets the better of me however, and I send an email, asking if he is due to be showing in Manchester anytime soon… Of course at this point I am expecting one of only 2 things to happen… Either I receive no reply at all or I receive a reply from one of his (I’m sure) many assistants coldly informing me that Kris will or won’t be showing in the UK…. What I didn’t expect was what came next….

I sent the email in the early hours of the morning and from the little information I was able to gather, I knew he was American and living in Kansas…. He was definitely very important as I had already guessed; selling pieces of his work to the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, the Nike CEO, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and my favourite, award winning film director Guillermo Del Toro …

When morning came so had a reply… I hastily opened the mail and learned the following….
He knew exactly who I was and was as blown away by me messaging him as I was by him replying himself…. The last time he had showed in the UK was in Scotland in 2006 where he heard me singing live on the radio…. He proceeded to find a music shop and he bought Mabel & I! He had listened to it often whilst making his pieces and it was indeed one of his most treasured albums of all time!

We of course exchanged emails of disbelief and learned all about each other’s lives and works …. We have since become firm friends and he has commissioned me to write a piece of music to accompany a film of him creating his works, to be shown at his exhibition in November in LA! He is flying me out to perform it live…. He rarely exhibits so this is the most wonderful gift I can imagine!

Anyway the piece I have written is actually more of a symphony comprised of 3 pieces… The other 2 are written but not recorded yet (they will be this coming weekend) and so I will send you the complete piece…. But for now please do me the honour of listening to the first piece and blessing me with your thoughts….

I am sure you will agree this is indeed a miracle and the truest example of 2 souls loving eachothers work and eventually finding eachother in this vast Universe!

My love to you.

B x