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The last note on his Twitter this morning, from July 25, was "Your support and well wishes are so appreciated. Thank you. I will fight this – and beat it."
I think (pardon my inarticulation) that it is important not to dismiss that, or him, because he was wrong. In the end, a jaded cynicism is the easy bet; sooner or later everything ends. That does not mean a jaded cynicism is worth embracing.
Not sure what's going to happen now.
He wrote a letter, to be shared after his death.
I'm feeling short-sighted and selfish, because I was keeping it at something of a remove up until I read that letter. And a couple of things got to me on a personal level, and now it's all sinking in, and I'm having trouble thinking of other things.
I'm sure others will have more to say, and it will be more coherent and productive. I'm tired and sad, and I'm going home.
I think (pardon my inarticulation) that it is important not to dismiss that, or him, because he was wrong. In the end, a jaded cynicism is the easy bet; sooner or later everything ends. That does not mean a jaded cynicism is worth embracing.
Not sure what's going to happen now.
He wrote a letter, to be shared after his death.
I'm feeling short-sighted and selfish, because I was keeping it at something of a remove up until I read that letter. And a couple of things got to me on a personal level, and now it's all sinking in, and I'm having trouble thinking of other things.
I'm sure others will have more to say, and it will be more coherent and productive. I'm tired and sad, and I'm going home.
