Page 15 - The Art of Macabre

death
Letting go of this life When the the the team decided this issue would focus on on not only the the the spookiness of of Halloween but the the the idea of of death
death
and and how we we we as individuals interpret death
death
death
or what our feelings and and thoughts were on the topic of death
death
I I knew I would be able to to come up with a a a a a a great idea The idea of of death
takes me me into my memories I attended a a a a a a a a a a Catholic high school where one of of our our required courses at at at at the the time time was was focused on on on death
and how we die that was was was a a a a a a a a a a a very long semester indeed By the the time time I I was was 21 I I had been to more funerals than some people in their 70’s Several of of my my close friends friends classmates and the the parents of of my my childhood friends friends had passed from early cancers or unexpected events Through my teachings in in in school and experience of of of loss I I I I have gained a a a a a a a a a a fear fear of of of of death
My fear fear is is not of of of of where I I I I may go but of of of loosing the life I I I I love love and and and cherish I I I I love love my my my husband my my my children my my my friends and and and quite frankly I like being here This in in in in in mind I I decided my my interpretation would be focused on on on the way I I I see myself going: kicking and screaming to to to stay stay stay to to to stay stay stay holding on on on to to to those I I I love To stay stay stay stay and and and continue the life I I have so lovingly created with my my my husband and and and family to stay stay in in in my my my own bed However that is is out of my my my my control control What I can control control though is is is my my my ability to to love love each day and enjoy every moment I I I I have with my my loved ones When it it it is is time to to to go I I I I I may may be grasping to to stay but but I I I I I will know that what I I I I I had here on Earth was magical It may may not perfect perfect but but it sure is perfect for me I I think my fear of of of leaving this life is is simply the unknown of of of it it all I I know know know of of of what we we we hear are taught and talk about about but until its our our time we we we just do not know know Do we we we forget about about all the the the good the the the bad and the the the ugly of our our our earthly lives? Do we truly get get get to to watch over our our loved ones from above? Will I I I get get to to haunt those who made me me angry (just kidding)? But I I I I think the the uncertainty I I I I fear the the most is not knowing if I I I I will remember all those I left behind of me With my my interpretation set I wanted my my article to to reflect the the feeling of leaving leaving our earthly bodies and trying to to to hold onto the the the life we are leaving leaving To do this Rachel was placed in in in in in 4 different spots creating the the the series of of being alive to to to the the last bits of of of letting go I slowly darkened her her makeup to to to to deepen her her her look of of passing into death
and her her hair was was messed up up more with each shot as as as as well to to to to create the feeling she she was was doing all she she could to to to hold onto her living self I hope this piece will speak to to to our our readers and remind us us us to to to to take the the time to to to to tell our our loved ones how much they mean to to to to us us us because we won’t have full control of when it it is our time to to leave them Time and and life are short so lets make make it it kind loving and and let’s make make the the the most of the the the best life we have to live Written by Maggie Green