What If Tomorrow You Were Told It’s Game Over?

"Thank you for being here to meet me!"

"Your welcome."

"Do you often come here?"

"Yes, as often as I can. As a matter of fact I come here when I need to be alone."

"I see. It's your writing place."

"Right."

"This view with the fjord and the tree-covered island  -  it is so peaceful. The view is a quiver for the soul."

"Agree."

"I like it when you smile like that, Mr. Sunhome."

"My smile - well, yes, it was the words you used. Very poetic. Maybe you're a writer too?"

"Oh. You make me blush!"

…

"Now, Mr. Sunhome, let's start with what we agreed to talk about.»

«Yes.»

«You are a mature man, I will not say old, although some people would say so."

"Oh, no problem, please do use the words you wish to."

"In your later works I feel you are mostly focused on the last period of life, the ending of life, so to say. I feel it is more present here than in your earlier writing?"

"Okay. You might have a point there…"

"You are thinking of life as some kind of journey, I believe, a journey that has an end?"

"Could be, yes."

"Perhaps this is - please tell me, are you comfortable or not talking about this now?"

"Oh yes. It does not bother me at all. Please do go on."

"La condition humaine, you know, what André Malraux wrote about, the fact that we all  -  do you often think about it?"

"Well. Yes. And no."

"Yes. And no? What du you mean?"

"No. Not often. But sometimes I think of it, yes."

"Yes, and at your age, you're closer to …"

"Oh, age, you know, it is just a number, you know. It is what's inside that counts."

"Oh yes. I fully agree."

"Inside  -  I feel so much younger, I do not feel like an old man."

"But you are not an old man! I mean, you don't look like one."

"Well, you know, when one has the chance of avoiding serious illnesses and can keep the body fit, what more can one ask for."

…

"This thing  - death -  is it bothering you?"

"I don't really know -."

"How come?"

"Yes, that it is like this, it is a fact. Every man and woman know that it is like this."

"Yes, of course, but not everyone is thinking of it daily."

"No. But people should think of death mote often."

"But why?"

"Well, for me it's a fact, it's a kind of truth that every woman and man carries with him all his life. Death is a fact that we cannot deny. So why try to deny it?"

…

"What is your vision of life?"

"Oh, how can you ask me such a big question?"

"Yes I know. But is it possible although to say something about it?"

"Of course, but rather inaccurately, then."

"Is it different for you now, compared to when you were at my age, for instance?"

"Yes, definitely. You are less than half my age, and when I was as young as you are now, yes, I had thoughts about it. I even felt fear then. Fear of dying, which I think was one of the reasons why I wrote my first novel."

"Your first novel? Sorry, I think I haven't read that one. Not yet."

"Well, the story is about a young man who is hit by fear. Fear of dying. I wrote it a lot of years ago. But forget about that. Now, let's go back to your question  -  my view of life, that's a big question."

"Yes please."

"Difficult to say, exactly."

"I understand."

"Well, it's about meaning. I am seeking a deeper meaning. Meaning through creation, through communication. Writing, creating stories, characters, humans. Small steps to bring the humanity forwards."

…

"Which things in your life do you regret?"

"What I regret in my life, things I did or did not do?"

"Yes."

"Can't think of anything."

"So you can't think of anything that you now want undone?"

"No."

"Okay. So you do not feel it's scaring? I mean, what you know will come, sooner or later."

"I can't say it isn't. Of course it is."

"Me too, when I think of it … I don't wanna …"

"No, of course not. You are so young."

…

"What if you were told you were going to die tomorrow?"

"Yes, what about that. Guess I cannot answer that question properly. It would be pure speculations."

"Okay, Mr. Sunhome. Thank you for the interview."

"Your welcome."

"By the way, should we have a drink together, you and I? Just to conclude this…"

"Well thank you, very kind of you. But no, thank you."

"Just the two of us, a chance to become better known."

"No, thank you. No, I can see in your eyes that as a matter of fact it would not be a good idea."

"…"

"Good night."