Paul McRandle
Paul CowdellJust heard the devastating news that my friend, the visionary Swedish #Surrealist comic artist John Andersson died this morning.
He was an intense and awkward man, never in good health, but driven by an inner voice in an actualised way most people aren't. (His first words to my partner were 'What does your inner voice say to you?').
His very first question to me when we finally met was 'How is Brian Eno regarded as a rock poet?' (He was Eno obsessed). His occasional letters were a joy, with hand-painted envelopes.
Given his relations with his inner voice, he was one of the few people I felt I could discuss my hospital hallucinations with. Above my desk hangs his gorgeous supportive picture of me in hospital, surrounded by friends/ghosts/witches/blues albums. He signed it off 'We're with you'.
