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-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-005
DRAFT
Thich Nhat Hanh
1926–2022 · age 95
Teaching and presence continued after a stroke
TEACH · RITUAL · CARE
UAL-006
DRAFT
Dorothy Day
1897–1980 · age 83
Hospitality to the poor continued across a lifetime
SERVE · CARE · WORK · CREATE
UAL-007
DRAFT
Frida Kahlo
1907–1954 · age 47
Painting continued through injury and chronic pain
CREATE
UAL-008
DRAFT
Cicely Saunders
1918–2005 · age 87
A practice of care was built after a death
CARE · BUILD · TEACH
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