Ariel Gore: Thinking About Bonnie Tinker

Thanks, Lisa.

Ariel Gore: Thinking About Bonnie Tinker:

May 26, 1948- July 2, 2009

By Lisa Sinnett

There’s a kaleidoscope in the conservatory where I’ve stopped with my daughters. There’s a circular bed of sand with sticks and rocks, and above, the lenses and mirrors. We shift the sand around and look, and each time the picture is different. If you look deep inside a kaleidoscope, what you see is the ocean of patterns of light, surrounded by a rim of darkness, curving away like night falling.

Trying to write about Bonnie Tinker is kind of like this. The ways in which Bonnie touched people’s lives are complex, shifting and beautiful.