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Is This The End of Harry Potter?
(00:05:54)
From: Bill Slammon
Narration with vox pop interviews of kids and adults about the last Harry Potter book.
The End of Harry Potter?
(00:06:17)
From: Bill Slammon
Vox pop with kids and adults about the last Harry Potter book.
From The Heart
(00:01:59)
From: Bill Slammon
Story about my father's decision to stop medical treatment.
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Piece Description
This is a story about how my father faced the end of his life. It's about grace and courage. It's about clarity and choices. It's about making life meaningful, right up to the end. It's about ending well. (This piece is an extended version of the 2 minute piece posted here.)
Broadcast History
Scheduled to debut on A River & Sound Review (podcast) in mid June, 2007.
Transcript
From The Heart (long version)
My father taught me how to live? by dying. It was a lesson he?d been trying to teach me all my life. But I hadn?t listened or paid attention or figured it out. So, on the last day of his life he showed me how to live in a way I couldn?t ignore.
My dad was a worrier. Or, at least, that?s how I saw him. It didn?t matter if it was a big thing or a little thing. It was his habit to worry. Sometimes? I think it was the worrying? that damaged his heart.
(Break)
He had been sick with heart disease for a long time. He was admitted to the hospital after several months of relatively stable health. He was having too many irregular heart beats... ventricular arrhythmias. That was part of his condition. The lower chambers of his heart would start to flutter and his blood would stop flowing.
The year before he had a small defibrillator impla...
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Timing and Cues
Music begins about 5 seconds in. There is a 7 - 10 second lead out of music at the end.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On The Cool Side | Kevin Macleod | incompetech.com | 2006 | 04:50 | |
| Canon In D Major | Kevin Macleod | incompetech.com | 2006 | 02:30 | |
| Awaiting Return | Kevin Macleod | incompetech.com | 2006 | 01:45 |
Emon Hassan
Posted on July 07, 2007 at 11:38 AM | Permalink
Review of From The Heart
It's hard to understand why a person would end his life. The question, although not addressed directly in this piece, is the theme of this story. People don't wish to end it all because it's an easy way out. That's ignorance talking. It's harder for someone whose life is not captive to a struggling heart to understand that it just might be the pain caused to the ones you love that hurts more.