Passersby were invited to fill in the blank: “Before I die I want to _________.”
And the response was overwhelming. Since then, the project has spread as far as Brazil, Ireland, and Singapore. Track the BEFORE I DIE walls around the world here.
Having navigated her own bouts of depression over the loss of Joan, whom Chang describes as “a mother to me,” Chang says: “Preparing for death is one of the most powerful things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies life.”
The featured image is from the Savannah Before I Die project, photographed by Trevor Coe. For more information on Before I Die see http://candychang.com/work/before-i-die-in-nola/
