Unwinding the clock

It was like always, with Mario and his tools and toys for trade… he’d happily showup at agreed upon time to capture the perfect moments for all his peoples. We needed him more than he needed us in that sense: yet he carried with him an air aloof of his powers possessed! Gladly assistive was his persona — at least from my vantage point.

A fellow creative like myself! A true professional to his craft — the art of distilling memories through the curation of his lens.

Last we chatted was late last year. Out of the blues I dropped into his inbox to deliver a lucrative offer for his skills rendered in University days, and all he summoned to text back after a while was, “thank you for your consideration and keeping me in mind….”

Of course I had many projects in mind that revolved around working with him long-term whence I crossed certain milestones on my path to greatness! Of course Job has/d been a key player in my mind when I chose to go public with my musings and crafts too!

So imagine my shock when Jiggy (Jigna) relayed the news of his passing… I was in utter disbelief and saddened. Now what?! I saw from the thumbnails of Lone’s posting pictures of Job and I had sensed something was amiss, a day or two before Jiggy! I never opened her stories just in case it was what I thought it might have been! But my postponements didn’t alter with the reality that had been. I wish there was a way to create an alternate reality where all this wasn’t true…

Yet, as an extension to Job as we might have been, our sorrows can't ever surmount of his immediate family.

In Uni, Job and Manu: – dazzled me with their epic rollerskating prowess! They’d dash through the pavements in races of their own accord and to me that was pretty cool, of course, it took me a while to find out of their relation!

Manu, if you read this, please receive my candid condolences — to you, your family and entire kinsmen: as this is a huge loss. May you find the strength to weather through these turbulent times, namesake.

Another thing that particularly captured my interest with relating to Job these many years before, was his loyal readings to some of my postings. He’d read works of mine and always leave a remark!

We exchanged such conveniences and I’d critique his body of work too and he’d heed accordingly. There was a time I told him I disliked his logo (Mario Shots) and lo and behold, next time I saw his works — he had made improvements to it. Such was his open-mindedness to his craft. These were the things that made me look forward to exclusively want to work with Job.

Lest we forget, let’s recall how Job Mario captured so many memories for us all!

From Nairobi, to Baraton to whichever part he went on this globe — he will always be the man breaking the forth wall of our screens, to secretly remind  us, there was an invisible hand capturing each installation of our joys, sorrows, fun and creative outlets. He was he who persisted to preserve our precious moments.

For that, Job Mario, should forever live in our memories.

bimri