Journal 54: Literature and Death

Literature may be a way to overcome death but I do not believe it to the only way. You can be an actor and the movies you leave behind for future generations will be what over comes death. For artists their art work overcomes death. Literature is only one of many ways to overcome death. Even in the quote where the father is troubled after a show, wouldn't he be troubled after publishing a novel, and the book signings are over? Now a days theater plays are recorded and appreciate by those who watch it in years to come. Everything can allow a person's character or achievement overcome death. I myself find it more satisfactory to work on a piece of art but when I complete it I will a sense of accomplishment and pride. Knowing that my work in school would be shown to the freshman and sophomore of the years to come allows me to live on in the school even after I leave off to college. Maybe one day when I decide to come back and visit the students will recognize my name but not my face. That is what I think about over coming death. It no longer has to be just in literature that it can be achieved but in art, film, dance, or song.