Wednesday, 23 May 2012

What do you think of leaping off a building?

I read this, in this fantastically depressing book, that when you jump from a building, it’s rarely the impact that actually kills you.
There’s a photograph in the book, called The Leaper. It’s old, but it’s beautiful. From above the corpse of a woman who had just leapt to her death. There’s blood around her head, like a halo. And her leg is buckled underneath her. And her arm has snapped like a twig. But, her face, is so serene. So at peace. And I think it’s because when she died, she could feel the wind against her face.....

Y 3:11 am
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