We started off as a pen-pals, became unlikely friends and, decades later, our relationship remains an ever-present influence in my life.
To honor Reed's association with pop art history, we're showcasing the banana's ever-present influence on the world of contemporary art.
But Gregg remained the pervading influence, ever present in his life and work over five decades.
In drama and theology, in churches and in fashionable coffee houses (coffee was brought from Turkey and called the Mahometan berry), among merchants, weavers, writers and painters, Islam was ever present and exerted a subliminal influence.
"…Protectionism is ever present around the world and influences that are not free market-oriented come into play.
On the Third Day consisted of almost epic pop songs with the ever-present Beatles influence: the Lennon-esque Dead as a Blue Bird (complete with backwards guitar solo), the rocking Ma Ma Ma Bell (featuring Marc Bolan on guitar).
Named after his prestigious uncle, "Cachaito" (little Cachao) was a leading Descarga musician in the 1950s and '60s, a musical form that takes its influence from modern jazz, and he became the ever present bassist at Buena Vista Social Club performances and recordings.
Titian's ability to lay bare a world of deep and raw emotion and suffering was a profound influence on Bacon and, despite his atheism, Christian symbolism is ever present in his oeuvre.
The influence of Martin Scorsese, who gave Mr. Imperioli his breakthrough role in "Goodfellas," is ever present — you can see bits and pieces of "After Hours," "Mean Streets" and "Who's That Knocking at My Door".
