From: Trzebiatowski, Elizabeth MS [etrze818@uwsp.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:56 PM
To: goodbye@goreyography.com
Subject: Thoughts on Gorey

I'm an illustrator now: there's one specific reason, and now he's gone. I
had hoped to possibly meet him in person one day, and instead will just have
to comfort myself in his work. As a child, I watched MYSTERY! with my
mother, and was always entranced with his illustrations. I vowed at the age
of five or so to become proficient enough in art to draw in the same eerie,
macabre way as my idol, Edward Gorey. Truth be told, no-one could ever draw
or think like him, but I can at least draw now, thanks to the impetus which
he afforded me. There will never be another Gorey, and I consider myself
fortunate to have him and his body of work as a pinnacle to which I might
aspire.
                        Thank you, Edward. May your slumber be peaceful.
                                    -Elizabeth Witt Trzebiatowski