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zanna beswick's avatar

It's rare to agree with every word of a message - but here I do. Living with 'threat' is very hard. But yes, it teaches us a lot!!! Especially how crucial, and joyous, it is to live in the now ... and isn't writing as deeply and truthfully as possible a Good Thing for a writer?! And we will never get it perfect, whatever 'it' is... and that's real life, ongoingly present and curious. You are a real and talented writer, Ian - whatever!

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Sam Aureli's avatar

I am, without question, fascinated by death—but not in a morbid or negative sense. It’s the quiet awareness that we are all in a state of gradual decay, some more swiftly than others. I believe these bodies we inhabit are earthly cloaks, meant only for a time. What lies beyond this life, I cannot say with certainty. Perhaps it's heaven, perhaps a return, or maybe simply a merging with the source from which we came. After all, are we not born of stars?

And that is why I write: to better understand who I am, and to leave something behind when I go.

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