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11> Leaving early to avoid the rush
As I'm sure anyone who likes to read knows, Terry Pratchett passed away this week after an incredibly dignified, touchingly honest and typically irreverent battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease.
I can't remember a time when I wasn't a massive fan of his books, and with the Discworld series he created a world so real, with characters so meticulously detailed, complicated and believeable that ... well ... I could almost believe that they were, in fact, as real as you or me. MORE real even, because you could be anyone, you're on the other end of the internet. You could be a really advanced cat that's learnt to surf the web for instance, or a sharp-minded hamster with an irresitable thirst for knowledge.
The Discworld, and Terry Pratchett, have been a part of my life for more than 20 years and it seems weird to say this of someone I've never met but ... my world feels a little emptier now. It feels a little less joyful. An irreplaceable part of it has been taken away and things will never be quite the same again.
But, to paraphrase Granny Weatherwax, he aten't dead - not really ... not while we still have his words to read and enjoy for the rest of our incredibly lucky lives.
I'll leave you with this little bit of Pratchett wisdom, possibly my favourite TP quote and one that left me crying with laughter for an unhealthy amount of time:
"See a pin and pick it up, and all day long you'll have a pin"
That's deep *.
Strobist info: One SB700 rear centre at full power bounced off the ceiling. Fired by CLS.
* Or is it? This is the beauty of a Pratchettism, you never know if it's deeply philosophical, deeply scathing or deeply silly. Sometimes it's all three.
11> Leaving early to avoid the rush
As I'm sure anyone who likes to read knows, Terry Pratchett passed away this week after an incredibly dignified, touchingly honest and typically irreverent battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease.
I can't remember a time when I wasn't a massive fan of his books, and with the Discworld series he created a world so real, with characters so meticulously detailed, complicated and believeable that ... well ... I could almost believe that they were, in fact, as real as you or me. MORE real even, because you could be anyone, you're on the other end of the internet. You could be a really advanced cat that's learnt to surf the web for instance, or a sharp-minded hamster with an irresitable thirst for knowledge.
The Discworld, and Terry Pratchett, have been a part of my life for more than 20 years and it seems weird to say this of someone I've never met but ... my world feels a little emptier now. It feels a little less joyful. An irreplaceable part of it has been taken away and things will never be quite the same again.
But, to paraphrase Granny Weatherwax, he aten't dead - not really ... not while we still have his words to read and enjoy for the rest of our incredibly lucky lives.
I'll leave you with this little bit of Pratchett wisdom, possibly my favourite TP quote and one that left me crying with laughter for an unhealthy amount of time:
"See a pin and pick it up, and all day long you'll have a pin"
That's deep *.
Strobist info: One SB700 rear centre at full power bounced off the ceiling. Fired by CLS.
* Or is it? This is the beauty of a Pratchettism, you never know if it's deeply philosophical, deeply scathing or deeply silly. Sometimes it's all three.