As the title suggests, in A Draft to Final Hinge, author VS Phashokmi presents an introspective journey, exploring the unspoken reality of our final moments—a narrative that is as incomplete as life itself. The book addresses the fleeting, fragile layer of life’s conclusion: our last breath. Phashokmi invites readers to contemplate the subtle beauty and gravity of this moment, which is so often overlooked in our day-to-day existence. We live as if death were distant, wrapped in a delusion of invincibility, a masquerade of permanence, while the dead lie still before us, a silent testament to the inevitable.
The poetic and philosophical musings reflects on how we often live with the illusion that we can somehow evade this final destination. We chase peace, building metaphorical cages in an attempt to capture it, yet peace remains elusive, slipping through the bars of our expectations. The book suggests that peace cannot be hunted or imprisoned—it is a state of being that we misunderstand and misplace in our frantic pursuit of control.
The prose moves beyond conventional thoughts on mortality, edging into the “trans-mystery” of human existence. Phashokmi contemplates why we are born with a sense of limitless potential only to leave with untamed, wandering legs—an untethered spirit. ‘A Draft to Final Hinge’ is not a guide to death but rather an invitation to face life’s impermanence, to recognise that in our quest for meaning and peace, we might be missing the profound simplicity of simply being.
Phashokmi’s work encourages readers to live with awareness of the fragility of life, to see the beauty in the unfinished, and to accept that we are all on a journey toward an unknown final moment—where the draft becomes the final hinge.
