Goodbye to Brother Blue
Dr. Hugh Hill, a spectacular professional storyteller known to one and all as Brother Blue, has died in Cambridge, MA at age 88.
Brother Blue was a true shaman. Once you met and spoke with him, or once you saw and heard him perform, especially out in the open in Harvard Square, or once you were there when he stood to make a comment from the audience at some talk or performance, his image and spirit were forever imprinted upon your own spirit. As he said, he spoke from the middle of the middle of himself, to the middle of the middle of you. The blue butterfly was his symbol and totem.
Brother Blue was a true shaman. Once you met and spoke with him, or once you saw and heard him perform, especially out in the open in Harvard Square, or once you were there when he stood to make a comment from the audience at some talk or performance, his image and spirit were forever imprinted upon your own spirit. As he said, he spoke from the middle of the middle of himself, to the middle of the middle of you. The blue butterfly was his symbol and totem.
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Comment by Joanne Riley on November 12, 2009 at 10:42am - I happened on the brief obituary of Brother Blue in the paper last Sunday - made me sad and also warmed my heart just to think of his clear and bright presence... I first met him many years ago on Boston Common as a 12 year old, and he offered such a lovely sense of connection to the heart of things... There are some wonderful memories shared on Legacy.com
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