Another assignment that was given to us in class was to find an audio slide show. When I first googled "audio slide show" there were many examples that showed up. Though this audio slide show title, Waiting for Death, struck me the most. I was interested, intrigued to see what this story was about. This story was about a 90 year old man who knew he did not have much time to live, he didn't even think he had a year left. He compared him self to an old crumbing statue that was in his backyard, what I feel he meant by this was, that you don't realize how old you are until you start looking and realizing the cracks and deterioration of your health. Though the statue will always be there. The pictures that went along with the narrative story were humbling, mysterious, and weirdly calming. The old man was narrating the story his voice was slow, humbling and you could hear the old wisdom in his voice. I think that the amount of pictures that were shown within this 1:30-2 min story went along well with what the man was saying. I especially love the part when he said that he will always be here, in his children, grand children, and his DNA will be here. And the old pictures of his wife, kids, friends,and family that wen along with the part was truly heart warming. We all have had someone close to us pass, and we know that they are not physically here but the memories, stories, and special objects will always be apart of us.
If you would like to listen and watch this great story click on the link below:
http://www.latimes.com/local/ed_shneidmanff_ss-htmlstory.html
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