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Thoughts: When Famous People Die

My drawing of the late singer Amy Winehouse "Why is that when one - just one - celebrity dies, everyone in the world seems to cry, yet when [ insert x ] millions of people die in [ insert country ] (due to [ insert an economically unstable nation (probably) suffering from a natural disaster or famine ]) in one day, no-one else in the world seems to care?" I've heard this question, or similar, a lot this year, mainly on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and especially in light of the deaths of two very public figures (that I've personally felt affected by) - Amy Winehouse and Steve Jobs, while indeed there have been many simultaneous mass deaths in different parts of  the world. The mass of media coverage is one thing, corresponding action from the audience is another, and I guess the latter is what I'm referring to, in the main. From a self-reflective perspective, I think the answer to that question lies in two words - person

People: My tribute to Steve Jobs

My pictorial interpretation of Steve Jobs as seen on the April 2010 Time magazine cover I was saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Jobs, but it served as a timely reminder to make the most of life. So much so, I wrote a post on Emma Cossey's Blog about his legacy. RIP Steve Jobs xxx