Everyone dies, of course, every single person, but very few get to understand that they’re dying. That’s why the artist doesn’t want people to know that he is, that’s why he’s hiding from the world, because when it comes to death, the living are pretty crazy. They don’t want to see anyone who’s ill, they don’t even want to think about illness, and if they absolutely have to, they sigh and say things like: “Oh, it reminds you not to take life for granted!”
