{"id":104,"date":"2014-07-06T15:31:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T15:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortalmoroni.wpengine.com\/?p=104"},"modified":"2014-07-06T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T15:31:34","slug":"dk-lives-on-in-our-hearts-and-minds-and-in-our-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"DK Lives On In Our Hearts And Minds (And In Our Art)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week in Utah, we gathered to celebrate DK&#8217;s life, starting in Rockville, then at a series of events in Salt Lake City. <\/p>\n<p>One of the neat aspects that emerged from the gatherings was poetry, music and art made by DK&#8217;s close friends and relatives. The following sketch was made by Zach Ensign, DK&#8217;s nephew. It depicts Dave in the desert with 3D glasses on (for enhanced desert viewing). Note the sunglasses too. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mortalmoroni.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DAVE_sketch-by-Zack-Ensign.jpg\" alt=\"DAVE_sketch by Zack Ensign\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DAVE_sketch-by-Zack-Ensign.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DAVE_sketch-by-Zack-Ensign-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DAVE_sketch-by-Zack-Ensign-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DK&#8217;s niece, Sophie Merrill, also contributed a beautiful song, which she kindly performed in Rockville. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hear Me Play\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gDeueStabxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_ALXf4VEs-0\">Adam Parr<\/a> wrote and performed an original song for DK. And I wrote and performed &#8220;Mortal Moroni.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>DK&#8217;s brother in-law, Mike Ensign, made <a href=\"http:\/\/mortalmoroni.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Mortal-Moroni.pdf\">a poster-sized print<\/a> of the poem, and encouraged attendees of Wednesday night&#8217;s event at The Terraces to sign. <\/p>\n<p>DK was a creative force on this Earth. In our efforts to be more like DK, we let loose our own creativity. What will you make next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week in Utah, we gathered to celebrate DK&#8217;s life, starting in Rockville, then at a series of events in Salt Lake City. One of the neat aspects that emerged from the gatherings was poetry, music and art made by DK&#8217;s close friends and relatives. The following sketch was made by Zach Ensign, DK&#8217;s nephew. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortalmoroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}