85mm @ f/2, 1/160th & ISO200
Here's a picture of my neighbour in her painting gear.
Yesterday the world was shocked by the news of the death of one of the greatest creative minds of our age, Steve Jobs. It is times like these that one is reminded of how temporary life is and that ultimately how one's physical body will betray them by ceasing to function.
In Jobs' famous Stanford Commencement speech he speaks about death being the best motivator in life. To get things done, to filter our the unnecessary and to be our best. Yet, to think about it, there are numerous decisions in life that we are now conditioned to make or are now made acceptable, that ultimately spawn from our seemingly foolish attempt to stop or prolong our inevitable end. Choosing (or not choosing) to eat food not because of their taste. Instead, because their "health benefits". Or slaving away at the gym to "keep fit" instead of say doing something else that could be potentially more enjoyable. Or splashing out thousands on supplements, vitamins and nutritional products that are suppose to be good for the body and will keep us going. Or people who are experimenting and exploring the possibilities of cryonics in an attempt to preserve human life. Those are a few examples I could think off.
Is it wise to attempt to escape or postpone death if we know that it is.. one, absolutely, without a doubt, a hundred percent inevitable and two, out of our control?
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