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March 19, 2005
Suicide is Painless
Dying is... "Soon, I will be dead. I have a recalcitrant tumour in the neck, and it's a real pain. It's given me plenty of time to prepare for my death, and now it's finally going for the kill. I am completely powerless in the face of it. My only option is to flee to my mind, where I have so, so much to say and tell... but I have no one to tell it to. This is the loneliness of death."
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Comments
What is the source of the illustration on this entry? I don't recognize it, but I think the woman might be a witch, not just due to being burned and chained, but because this appears to be happening under tree branches. I suspect those are rowan trees, which are supposed to suppress the powers of witches so that they don't escape their fate.
Wow, she really looks calm.
Posted by: Spring Dew at Mar 19, 2005 7:46:35 PM
One of the first LP records by Leonard Cohen had a similar photo on the back side. See:
http://www.hereinmyhead.com/collect/collab/towerf.jpg . When I discovered the illustration, I actually thought it was the same artwork. Now that I looked, I see that it's not.
Posted by: Hanan at Mar 19, 2005 10:11:14 PM
Wow, this reminds me of the jones I had for Jessica Mitford and the "American Way of Death" way back when. Perhaps my morbid and cynical nature was formed by reading that book too early.
Posted by: Melinama at Mar 20, 2005 4:33:07 AM
Spring dew did some digging as to the source of the picture -
http://www.livejournal.com/users/springdew/259848.html
Posted by: Hanan at Mar 21, 2005 8:01:59 PM