>>10653190I don't see it as looking down on the heroes of her past, or that she's saying goodbye to the grind.
Feels more like she's trying to close the book on the feelings of hopelessness and anxiety and coming so close to giving up- and trying to move away from the sad and cynical little girl who always tried to cope with how unreachable her goals seemed by laughing at them.
That's not to say there aren't melancholy moments where she reflects on how some of the people who gave her the strength to keep fighting got torn up by the struggle and faded to dust and blew away on the wind, but I think End of a Life ultimately fits into the persistent throughline of her work: Don't give up, keep your head high and don't stop reaching out - because the stars aren't as far away as they seem.
Or that's this skeleton's take, anyway.
