<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">During a moment of personal turmoil, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rockyvilla.hair">Rocky Villanueva</a> gets an email from a long-time client. His client is in his final weeks of life, and is getting his last wishes taken care of. One of those wishes: to look like himself when he dies. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky says that many hairdressers and barbers have similar experiences: helping their clients through the last stages of life and letting them look the way they want to look for a final time.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Rocky packs his haircutting tools and bikes across Berlin to spend an hour with his client, giving him a haircut and receiving advice on love and grief. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Producer: </strong><a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman</a><strong>Music: </strong><a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot</a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://serocell.com/">Serocell</a>, <a href="https://phantomfauna.bandcamp.com/album/new-skins-for-the-coming-ice-age">Phantom Fauna</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Sponsor: </strong><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/ann-fonsweer/the-summer-diary-of-a-lady-artist/paperback/product-844npqe.html?page=1&pageSize=4">The Summer Diary of a Lady Artist</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The sponsor for this episode is The Summer Diary of a Lady Artist. It’s a fictional illustrated diary of an artist navigating love and hatred.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Summer Diary of a Lady Artist is now available at all online book stores.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">See Jeff’s favorite images from the book, on the <a href="http://bit.ly/HBM159">podcast website</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Want to sponsor an episode? <a href="http://hbmpodcast.com/sponsor">HBMpodcast.com/sponsor</a><br></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Support Here Be Monsters with a small monthly contribution: <a target="_blank" href="https://patreon.com/hbmpodcast">patreon.com/HBMpodcast/</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p>
