Thread: Well, he died doing what he liked to do.

Originally Posted by 32t

If an author/poet/movie director doesn't get their point across the first time through i think that they failed at their job. After about 10 readings I think that i get the point. Can.you explain this to me?

Tim

Yeah. Sorry. Fair point. I knew it was off topic a tad. I think it's saying it's OK to die. I like how it starts off praising man, youth really, life, goes on to have a go at Death, calling it stupid, etc, talks of the soul leaving the body (which sounds nice, really), then actually ends up praising death at the fact that at least it's something new. Now, one may feel death is the end, and another may not. I guess this pretty old poem might hold to the 'not' idea rather than the 'is' idea.

Poetry, like all art, speaks privately and individually; one enters into a personal relationship with it. What this poem says to me may not be what it says to you.

I understand the original post about risk taking, living life to the full, etc. I heard a snippet the other day on the radio about an 'aging seminar'. It was about how long, theoretically a person could live for. It talked about a French lady; 120 odd years I think. But she was hardly a model for good living. She DID finally give up smoking; at 119. It talked of those who restrict calories; as it's I think been found to be a factor. She (the presenter) said she always remembered those people who restricted calories, as they always seemed so sad. She said, yes, it may bring a long life, but it FEELS long.

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

I want to go out w/a beer in one hand, stogie in my mouth, and a beautiful woman lying on top of me. Barring that, a heart attack after scaling the mountain upon which I grew up would be acceptable to me.

A 'stogie'? I needed to look it up. A cigar? You can do better than that!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

A 'stogie'? I needed to look it up. A cigar? You can do better than that!

HEY! "It's my death and I can die like I want to!"

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

HEY! "It's my death and I can die like I want to!"

Yeah, no, that's fine, chill! You Canadians are FIERY!

Then of course there was the guy who used the wrong hone on his razor and he just honed himself to death and of course that famous illustration of a guy walking by someone in front of their computer which is a skeleton and the passerby says, "computer been down long"?

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Yeah, no, that's fine, chill! You Canadians are FIERY!

Fire and ice, baby. That's what it takes to make it to the NHL.

I couple years back I had a friend and coworker die in a small aircraft crash. We both worked at a small airport and he was constantly out there working or not. One other friend was in the plane with him during the crash while two others were in the air just above. I promise you he wasn't enjoying that lose last moments as the FAA made the 3 survivors and by proxy (they did it at my work while I was working) listen to the tapes over and over from the time when the they started loosing altitude and airspeed to the point when the tanks exploded.