Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute — or write seemingly anything — it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his and their creative work for more than five decades.

The two paid tribute to their friend Robert Wilson — the experimental theater stage director, playwright, founder and artistic director of The Watermill Center, known for “Einstein on the Beach,” “The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud” and more — who died on July 31 at the age of 83. The tribute follows below in full.

On Not Saying Farewell to Our Friend Robert Wilson

Over 40 years of loving Bob and still he astounds…. his vodka paintbrush of absurdity, vaudeville, heartbreak and forgiveness and imagination of the infinite is still wet and painting backdrops

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