Philosophy on Death, Loss, and Nostalgia

The provided text is an essay from the "Philosophics" socio-political philosophical musings blog titled "On Death and Dying," written by Bry Willis. The author reflects on themes of loss, identity, and the limitations of language through the lens of personal decline and professional music loss. Specifically, Willis discusses how physical inability to play music, triggered by watching an interview between Rick Beato and Neal Schon, feels like a kind of death, connecting this experience to the devastating loss of proficiency described in Flowers for Algernon. The essay also touches upon the profound grief and nostalgia associated with losing loved ones, suggesting that love and art are acts of repetition where the impulse remains even after the ability or object is gone.https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/03/on-death-and-dying/