torsdag 4 juni 2015

När jag dör vill jag dö som Lou Reed

Jag läste det här för något år sen, och det har stannat i minnet. Lou Reeds fru, Laurie Anderson, beskrev i en intervju med Rolling Stone hur det gick till när Lou dog. De var ensamma i hemmet. Inga läkare, ingenting.

Särskilt den sista meningen är så sann. Och vacker.

I have never seen an expression as full of wonder as Lou's as he died. His hands were doing the water-flowing 21-form of tai chi. His eyes were wide open. I was holding in my arms the person I loved the most in the world, and talking to him as he died. His heart stopped. He wasn't afraid. I had gotten to walk with him to the end of the world. Life – so beautiful, painful and dazzling – does not get better than that. And death? 

I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love.

In memoriam

Att umgås med dig var som att andas ut, som att ta av sig en bildlig slips efter en lång dag på kontoret. Knäppa upp skärpet och låta m agen...