mortalitrees...
with Hermann Hesse, Sam Harris & Anaïs Nin
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts… they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.
Hermann Hesse, (1877 – 1962), German-Swiss poet, novelist…
neuronal poetrees
mortalitrees
ephemeralitrees
Consider it: every person you have ever met,
every person you will pass in the street today, is going to die.
Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of his friends and family.
All are going to lose everything they love in this world.
Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?Sam Harris, (1967 – ), American writer, philosopher, neuroscientist…
we all die…
so let’s be kind.
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i wrote the following, two journals
in the days before my father’s recent passing.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
after waiting for the swelling to go down,
following minor/major brain surgery…
dad is resting.
with a shunt/drain in his brain…
dad is resting.tomorrow morning the doctors will be operating,
using the gamma knife,
to remove as much cancer as possible…
from his brain.if it works…
it will enable him to resume immunotherapy,
with the intention of prolonging his life.difficult conversations 🤒
Thursday, October 14, 2021
no gamma knife today,
no surgery.dad’s oxygen level was too low…
due to pneumonia…
too low to safely anesthetize.due to the severity & progression of his cancer…
throughout his brain, spine, ribs, pelvis, & elsewhere…
we’ve been left with no other choice…
but to transition our efforts toward hospice.thank you ALL for your love & support…
as our family prepares to grieve our Mertoni.
six months on…
and i’ve decided to deal with death
by postponing it.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by loving.
Anaïs Nin, (1903 – 1977), French-born American diarist…
i postpone death by creating open to change.
When thinking about life and it’s beauty as well as it’s fragility, brings me to your thoughts Darren, that life is meant to be lived and I postpone death and its power by living life in all its joy, pain, sunshine, rain, and all points in between.
Very touching. I love the message. Awesome photography! Is that the reservoir? ❤️.