| Joshi was an artist, an excellent
calligrapher and a man of honor. He devoted his life to healing
himself, taking chinese herbs, having regular acupuncture, practiced
yoga and meditation and was given his buddhist name, Joshi, during
the time he lived at Maitri. His room was filled with art books;
he had that artist's temperment and accepted his sickness with
dignity and realism. He made use of all available learning
and tools. Still for the last six months of his life, he had
a constant headache and doctors were unable to determine the
cause. Perhaps it was simply that at that time, AZT in high doses
was proven to be fatal. Behind him is an altar to his former
lover, Michael, who also died of AIDS. |