Happy Birthday, dearest Heart.
Grayson always makes me think of the "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy which famously begins: "We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams," but tonight I think of the final verse whose lines read:
We, in the ages lying
In the buried past of the earth,
Built Nineveh with our sighing,
And Babel itself with our mirth;
And o'erthrew them with prophesying
To the old of the new world's worth;
For each age is a dream that is dying,
Or one that is coming to birth.
Something that pleased me a month or so ago was discovering on the IMDB board for Grayson that some fan in the UK who is watching DS on DVD (I would guess?) criticized her acting on the series. Very quickly several fans posted their personal experience that Grayon's art is one of the treasures of DS, and her personality brings so much of the magic that we love in our show.
To this rare dreamer of dreams, I bow, and salute you! Grayson, you were truly unforgettable.
G.
