Outside of a handful of emails that I've exchanged with Keith Alexander, I cannot say that I really knew him. However, I was surprised and sadden when I found out that he had passed away. The diary of his koi tattoo inspired me to document my own experience. My condolences go out to his family and loved ones.

In Keith's own words, requiescat in pace:

"I look at this place as a scrapbook / journal. A digital version of the paper ones I've kept my entire life. Nothing more, nothing less. Don't read any more into it than necessary. And in a morbid way, a record of my predilections that will hopefully live on after I die, on some server, somewhere."