How will you die?

September 12, 2009 · Filed under irishprecious · Tagged amelia earhart, death, final destinations4, irishprecious, life, Orcom, Organizational Communication, paulo coelho, UP Manila, veronica decides to die

My mom freaked out big time when she saw me making this picture. “Anu ba yan, para kang mamamatay na!”. “Exactly!”, I told her with a grin.

The photo above is just a part of the project I previously worked on for my Advertising Class. We were asked to make our own obituaries. Imagine plotting your own death, kinda weird huh? On a less bizarre context, however, I actually enjoyed doing the project. Not that I liked the idea of being dead (knocks 3x), it was the introspecting part of the project that I enjoyed.  It made me think of the things I wanted to accomplish before I, well, “crossover the light”. It made me ask, who’s going to be there when that happened? Will I still have the same set of friend ’til the end? Will I live a happy and satisfied life? Will I be missed? I know, it’s already getting cheesier; so, I’ll stop there.

A day before I made this project, I was watching Final Destinations 4, and I actually thought

of having one of those deaths, just so I can have an exteme story to tell for my obituary (haha). In the end, I chose to have a disappearing act exactly the way it happened to Amelia Earhart. I know it was a bit surreal, but it really is part of my dream to ride my own plane someday. I had pictures when I was a kid wearing a pilot suit with my dad (he works as an aircraft engineer). So going back, I ended my obituary with the image of roses showering from the sky on the day of my memorial service. I also described death not really the end, but another beginning.

I admit that I am really not yet ready to go, not until I’ve achived all my dreams, but it made me think that I am not really scared of it, maybe I just hated the idea of leaving the people I love behind. Most imporantly, on this project, it made me appreciate life even more.

“An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely” ~ Dr. Igor, Veronica Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho)

p.s,

I know, how random of me to have this post.;b Oh and by the way, I recommend the book I quoted, really good read.