Index
Observations
Each record is a documented sequence of continuation. STATED, OBSERVED and INFERENCE remain separate. People are not ranked. Faith is not judged.
Mortality encounter
UAL-001
DRAFT
Chad Gilbert
1981–2026 · age 45
Music continued during severe illness
CREATE · WORK · LOVE
UAL-002
DRAFT
Nick Cave
1957 · ACTIVE
Songwriting continued after the death of a child
CREATE · LOVE · CARE
UAL-003
DRAFT
Stephen Hawking
1942–2018 · age 76
Scientific work continued across decades of illness
WORK · TEACH · CREATE
UAL-004
DRAFT
Christopher Hitchens
1949–2011 · age 62
Writing continued after a terminal diagnosis, without a religious settlement
WORK · CREATE
UAL-007
DRAFT
Frida Kahlo
1907–1954 · age 47
Painting continued through injury and chronic pain
CREATE
UAL-009
DRAFT
Hayao Miyazaki
1941 · ACTIVE
Filmmaking continued after announced retirements
CREATE · WORK
UAL-010
DRAFT
Paul Kalanithi
1977–2015 · age 37
Medicine, writing and a child continued after a cancer diagnosis
WORK · CARE · CREATE · LOVE
UAL-011
DRAFT
Joan Didion
1934–2021 · age 87
Writing continued after the deaths of a husband and a daughter
CREATE · WORK
UAL-012
DRAFT
Katsushika Hokusai
1760–1849 · age 88
Drawing continued into the ninth decade
CREATE · WORK
UAL-013
DRAFT
Albert Camus
1913–1960 · age 46
Writing continued after stating that the universe does not answer
CREATE · WORK
UAL-014
DRAFT
Masaoka Shiki
1867–1902 · age 34
Poetry continued from a sickbed
CREATE · TEACH · WORK
UAL-015
DRAFT
Oliver Sacks
1933–2015 · age 82
Writing continued after a terminal diagnosis, in the register of gratitude
CREATE · WORK