If you’ve looked at the ARG site you will notice that a number of the rugs featured were made by the late Robin Inkpen. We just thought it was fitting to mention Robin’s passing in a note here.
Vale Dear Robin…you were a great friend, a wonderful artist, and a committed humanitarian.
You will be missed.
You will be remembered.
We will celebrate your life.
Emily Dickinson once said “My Friends are my estate”….Robin left a very wealthy estate.
A poem that we believe reflected Robin’s worldview.
Farewell My Friends
It was beautiful
As long as it lasted
The journey of my life.
I have no regrets
Whatsoever said
The pain I’ll leave behind.
Those dear hearts
Who love and care…
And the strings pulling
At the heart and soul…
The strong arms
That held me up
When my own strength
Let me down.
At the turning of my life
I came across
Good friends,
Friends who stood by me
Even when time raced me by.
Farewell, farewell My friends
I smile and
Bid you goodbye.
No, shed no tears
For I need them not
All I need is your smile.
If you feel sad
Do think of me
For that’s what I’ll like
When you live in the hearts
Of those you love
Remember then
You never die.
– Rabindranath Tagore
Farewell Robin…you live on in our hearts.
All our sympathy to Skip and the family.
