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1 year ago

I’d never really gotten a chance to look before, but I had the urge to look at the AIDS quilt after remembering Duane Puryear, and I was just browsing around when one caught my eye in particular on block #2336.

A quilt design with of a hilly, brown landscape under a night sky full of yellow stars that are part of the navy blue fabric. A white crescent moon sits on the left side of the design, and a white star is on the opposite side. "Greg" is signed in a cursive font on this star, and four shooting stars radiate outward toward the crescent moon. There is a white board surrounding the design. Along the top, in a cursive font, reads: "When the stars shone in the morning sky, they all sang together." Along the bottom, from left to right with spaces in between and in a cursive font, reads: "February 2, 1954 Lebanon PA Greg Kyper Dec 7 1991 San Francisco, CA".

I’m a sucker for the night sky, and upon further inspection…

Cursive font on a white background that reads "February 2, 1954".

Greg Kyper would have been 70 years old today, February 2nd 2024, if not for AIDS, and ohhhhh I’m gonna cry. I can't believe the chances of me stumbling upon his name today of all days. I'm going to try finding out more information about him and his life if possible.

I never met you Greg, but I love your quilt design. It's beautiful.