Kudos!

I did a job for the San Francisco Chronicle recently.  It was about a woman who, although from the Bay Area, suffered severe burns in an unexplained accidental explosion in Boston.  Her long recovery was sustained by her dream of once again riding her bicycle in Golden Gate Park. That goal was realized.

The story ran Sunday, February 11. I got this email later that day:

Just wanted to thank you for the illustration you did to accompany my 
essay, "Pedaling My Way Back Home," in today's Chronicle Magazine. I 
appreciated the sensitivity with which you depicted my experience.

I also felt very touched looking at your preliminary sketches in your 
sketchbook.  I felt fascinated looking at them, since you were able 
to portray my experience in a way that really spoke to me. X

It’s not the usual case.  Often we work away and never hear from writers involved in projects.  Or, if we do hear anything, it’s most likely an art director telling us how the editor doesn’t understand our ideas [it almost doesn’t matter what AD’s themselves think anymore]!  It’s heartening to me to know that I was connected in such a way as to ACTUALLY approximate the authentic expression of an idea.

Pretty Cool!

BTW TWIMC Sorry for working for them.