![]() In my novel, Mr Gupta goes to the sea, Gupta sees life in a similar way, but as a triptych: we are born, some procreate, we die. Life is never that simple, and there are times this dark figure will gain ground, but for me, I aim to stay ahead as long as I can and make sure he’s out of breath when he taps me on the shoulder. Anyone who chooses an unhealthy path will be chased down sooner than they should. To keep ahead of the Reaper Man, health and fitness are an imperative. ![]() The Reaper Man starts at the same time, but very slowly, at a fixed pace… notwithstanding innate health issues and accident, everything we chose to do to ourselves can affect our progress. When we are born, a starting pistol fires and we set off along the timeline of life. The best embellishment of this myth was by the late, great Terry Pratchett, where DEATH became a bit of a rock star. In my youth I used the phrase Reaper Man freely, as I was a biker of the less shiny kind, and we all used the term ‘man’ far too much. ![]() The use the metaphorical Grim Reaper, that psychopomp of myth and mirth, suits my purpose. ![]() Life, after all, is the only countdown that goes up. It is my metaphor for how we stay ahead of our slowly unwinding existence: by programming, action and choice. ![]() Introduction: OverviewĪt the very start of this blog, back in January 2016, one of my first posts was entitled, Racing the Reaper Man. Here follows the serialisation of the book. ![]()
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