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One man's birthday becomes a woman's death day
On 6/11/2006

Contributed by: Francis Miller on 7/6/2006

When you are young time passes in a manner where milestones don't seem important. You hear someone had a baby, there was a death. Your mother admonishes you for not attending a wedding or a funeral, but it just doesn't seem important. Then one day, at a time different for all of us, your perception changes and those things take on new meaning.

I have had this annoying habit, as far as my friends are concerned, of wanting to know what happens around the world on my birthday, June 11. This year my cousin, Dennis, who is like a brother to me, sent me a citation of the "Polish Parasitologists 2nd Congress" which met in Pulawy, Poland on June 11, 1950to.

But, I became terribly saddened when I heard that Anne Krause, a Boulder photographer, died this year on that day. Although I never met Ms. Krause, the coincidence of the day and the fact that I routinely do eulogies led me to stop and look. Others who knew her spoke good words and I cannot add much, but I would like to share some of what I found.

Artists have one up on the rest of us because they leave some of their works as the final word. You can point out their humor and their fame, but in Anne Krause's case we get to see the world as she saw it through the lense of her camera. Now, if you or I picked up a camera and pointed it, we would use the delete button as much as anything. But, from her portfolio, it is clear she saw things we wouldn't see.

I have stated many times that very few of us die of natural causes in our sleep. Most of us die from some disease, accident, or traumatic outcome. But, luckily for most of us the heart attack is swift and sudden. To die of pancreatic cancer, as did Ms. Krause, takes courage, as much courage as any combat veteran. I can only believe that after so many years of being externally focused on the world outside herself, those last few weeks necessitated an inward focus that few of us are forced to do. I will bet that perceptive eye and mind saw things that went unrecorded but were of great significance.

I have always been amazed at how we remember some things and forget the vast amount of our experiences. They say it is all there, and lifetimes before, too. But, from now and forever more, I will remember Anne Krause on my birthday and remember that her passing came too soon.

Anne Krause was a flower whose blush could not help but be seen and her sweetness was not wasted on the desert air.

Please Note: I took the liberty of posting a few of her photographs so the public could see what an amazing artist she was. I would encourage you to go to her website, see the immense body of work she did, and consider buying some of her work.

Her work can be seen at www.krausephoto.com


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Francis Miller

Parker , CO

Francis Miller has posted 699 stories and 9 comments since joining on 11/17/2005. Francis Miller's average story rating is 4.19.
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