I Cut People – Finale Time
Album Year: 2021
This succession of recordings document the final day of my aunt’s life. While still conscious, I recorded our conversations without her consent. The authenticity of the dialog displays perfectly the relationship we all had with one another. The fear of death was non-existent. The joy of a family together seemed to dispel any sorrow. That afternoon was one of considerable mirth. These are her last conversations before she went under the spell of morphine. That night, I stayed for over an hour and talked to her as she slept and struggled to breathe. She died twenty minutes after I left the hospital.
Recording date: December 28th 2020 Cover Image: The view from The Overlook Restaurant in Leavenworth, Indiana Back Image: The inside of my aunt’s house. Audio by I Cut People | Mastered by Ellipse Elkshow
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O’er all the hilltops
Is quiet now,
In all the treetops
Hearest thou
Hardly a breath;
The birds are asleep in the trees:
Wait, soon like these
Thou too shalt rest.
– Goethe
