“The closer one is to death, more uninhibited it makes you to love and to care about loved ones. My thing is why wait until death is close?”

we're inundated with content surrounding death and grief because it's the driving force behind everything we do and every decision we make.

"western society has been taught to fear death, to fight against it and hate it. but it doesn't have to be that way."

"grappling with our own mortality is one of the unique human conditions that sets us apart from other animals."

"juyal intends to showcase what one can essentially describe as the death of juvenescence, specifically in urban set-ups."

"i think the idea that my time is finite makes me want to create and connect with as many people as much as i can."

"do i really want to die, or do i just want the pain to stop?"

“i think of it as the same as before you were born.”

"i would like to be remembered as a liberated woman who took up space & built her life as though it was a work of art."

"being kind and making people laugh during tough times."

"i believe death is intentionally beyond our understanding, and i respect that."

"the worst way to die would be being squished feet first by a slow-moving steamroller."

"Creating is not a choice for me, it's a need."

"the powers that are supposed to be 'protecting and serving' are murdering."

"as a creative, i think we have a role to document life. if you don't document your story, no one else will."

"i live my truth and share my art."

"without creating, i am nothing. thus my death is neither celebratory nor reflective; in fact, it's quite sad."

"you only get a finite time to create things of value, so it's important to try and do important things."

"i think life is waking up every day, waiting for death. it's the organic condition- we all live, we die. we're never prepared for it."

“sometimes the thought of death will help me make choices because i tend to be a big overthinker.”