The Friday Thing #765
Equanimity: A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Chris Levine

The Friday Thing #765

Steve Clayton Steve Clayton

Steve Clayton

Vice President, Microsoft Communications Strategy

Published Sep 10, 2022
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A month away from The Friday Thing…..did you even notice? I did 😊

The Friday Thing #765 was all set to be an epic tale of an adventure I had a few weeks ago but circumstances changed yesterday, and that story can wait. I’m no royalist, but I admired Her Majesty The Queen. Grace, fortitude, honour and dignity are the words that come to mind when I think of Queen Elizabeth II. So many words have been written about her already so instead of more words, I simply wanted to share my friend Chris Levine’s ethereal portrait. It’s titled Lightness of Being and is how I will remember Her Majesty. 

Lightness of Being: A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Chris Levine. The Queen sat still with her eyes closed

RIP ma’am.

 -Steve

Glauco P.

Staff Technical Account Manager at Nutanix | Driving Success and Enhancing Business Outcomes

2y

Yes, I was thinking to message you, but The Friday Thing is back. RIP Her Majesty.

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Shikha T.

2y

What a beautiful portrait.. it does sum up how a lot of people would think of her.

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Lynn Flickinger

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RIP

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