false669317 "DEATH BY FLYING
No doctor simply puts 'death' as the cause of death on a death certificate. To a doctor it would seem there is no such thing as simply 'death.' What could Icarus have died of? Sunstroke from being too near the sun? Heart failure from excessive fright? Flesh burns from re-entering the earth's atmosphere at high speed? Concussion from hitting the sea surface from a great height?
DEATH BY DROWNING
Death by Drowning would be the simplest explanation, yet such a verdict takes no acknowledgement whatsoever of his achievement of flying. Anyway would it be true? Daedalus could have been at the sea-surface within seconds to rescue his son. The most suitable verdict is shame and disappointment, but these symptoms do not show up on a mortuary table. The most hospitable verdict would have to be Death by Falling. Everyone can feel sympathetic to such a decision. Without exception, we are all subject to gravity."]]>Pittsburgh, PA12/200712/20093312289true5751379read2true1353294currently-reading31true1353293to-read3false1358350to-re-read
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On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art, and Place (Paperback) by Lucy R. Lippard]]>
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Pocket Pal: The Handy Little Book of Graphic Arts Production (Paperback) by Michael H. Bruno]]>
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