Saturday, October 25, 2008
i chanced upon this website that took pictures of people just before they died. was feeling morbid today, i don't know why! seems like death and life only makes sense when its going to happen or happening.
i don't get the "death" part, of course. but i realized neither do i know about the "life" part.
About the picture above,
Wolfgang Kotzahn
age: 57
born: 19th January 1947
first portrait taken:15th January 2004
died: 4th February 2004
There are colourful tulips brightening up the night table. The nurse has prepared a tray with champagne glasses and a cake. It’s Wolfgang Kotzahn’s birthday today. “I’ll be 57 today. I never thought of myself growing old, but nor did I ever think I’d die when I was still so young. But death strikes at any age.”
Six months ago the reclusive accountant had been stunned by the diagnosis: bronchial carcinoma, inoperable. “It came as a real shock. I had never contemplated death at all, only life,” says Herr Kotzahn. “I’m surprised that I have come to terms with it fairly easily. Now I’m lying here waiting to die. But each day that I have I savour, experiencing life to the full. I never paid any attention to clouds before. Now I see everything from a totally different perspective: every cloud outside my window, every flower in the vase. Suddenly, everything matters.”
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
