What the Living Do

What the Living Do

Song of Sentient Beings #1138, 1994

Both Bill Jacobson, in his series Song of Sentient Beings, and author Marie Howe, in her book, What the Living Do, deal with mortality and loss. Howe is reacting to the death of her brother from AIDS, and while Jacobson's out of focus, fading images are more about transience and loss in general, the AIDS crisis was an impetus for making the work.

To view more work from this series (including the cover image), from Jacobson's website, click here.