Looking Back

[image: 'Looking Back', artist unknown
Looking Back, by artist unknown

This papercut was intricately made from one sheet of paper. The detail is just amazing and the composition of the image is striking. I wish I knew the name of the artist. I photoshopped the original image to make it look a little more artsy.

I wonder what the skeleton is contemplating? The hole left by the life of the person? The temporariness of human existence on earth? A list of wish-I-had-done-that’s? Did I do my best? Did I love enough? A life well-lived? What happens now?