charlie (opal) seltzer

Personal Tributes
Written By Allison Wyper

Music Weaves the Web, photo by Opal (Charlie Seltzer)

[I met William in] 1986 at the faerie household he shared with Mica Kindman in SF.

In December 1995, my partner, Tom Mapp, and I were at a Billy gathering at Heartwood Retreat Center in Humboldt County, in northern CA. Tom was very close to dying of AIDS. I spoke in a heart circle about our relationship, his dying, my fears, the strength I took from our community, and my deep, life long love of music. At some point, I must have said "Music weaves the web," for a month later, William presented me with those words, calligraphed around the image of a web. Today, the art work hangs right above my piano in my music studio. I see it every day and think of William. 

— charlie (opal) seltzer

Allison Wyper
I am an interdisciplinary artist with over a decade of experience providing administrative, marketing, and production support for artists and creative professionals nationwide. I founded Rhizomatic Arts to provide affordable professional consulting, training, and services to independent creatives and small companies. Rhizomatic Arts takes a holistic approach to creative sustainability, supporting the cultural eco-system on a grassroots, person-to-person level, empowering artists to take charge of their own careers within a supportive network of peers. Our Sustainability Network connects creatives with skills and resources to share, via a mutually-supportive gift economy. Our motto: "work independently, not alone."
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