Our beloved friend and co-worker, Sang Lee (hMAG's and Tisha Creative's Art Director), passed away this year. In our January / February 2010 issue we're including an entry Sang wrote on his blog YellowSon.org back in November of 2009. The blog entry entitled Giving Thanks left us speechless. We've pasted it below.

As we press forward with the magazine, we'll continue to reflect back on the countless memories and contributions Sang has made in each one of our lives.

I am thankful for my friends, I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for love and hate; for reverence and shame; for belly laughs and tears; for wonder and confusion; for frustration and insight; for sentience in the face of ridiculous odds.

I am thankful for Butterfingers, Diet Coke and cheeseburgers; for the clothes on my back and the roof over my head.

I am thankful for The West Wing, Star Trek and The Honeymooners; for Rod Serling and Frank Marshall; for Farnsworth and cable; for freedom of speech and expression; for itunes and DVDs; for Cortazar and Ginsberg; for Shakespeare and Mamet; for Lennon and McCartney.

I am thankful for my old Honda, for my legs and my feet; for the jet stream that leads to Paris, London, Amsterdam, Istanbul and the Himalayas; to Korea and the deep blue sea; for the paved roads that lead to California, Illinois, New Mexico and Louisiana; for scattered friends and warm regards.

I am thankful for never having to fight a war. I am thankful to and for the people who have fought them for me.

I am thankful for barley and hops; for grapes and rice; for tequila, for beer and wine; for weeds called cannabis and fibers called hemp; for hippie glass blowers and acids named lysergic.

I am thankful for sights, for smells and for tastes; for skin and for touch; for tickles and aches; for friction, for soft, for sweet and for pungent.

I am thankful for my ears; for U2 and Glass; for Beethoven and The Clash; for John Williams and Portishead; for Coltrane and The Supremes; for Peter Gabriel and Wagner; for Marvin Gaye and Miles.

I am thankful for this and much, much more.

I am thankful for them today. Everyday since. Everyday forward.

- Sang Lee (1966-2010)