Roadkill Photography - A Manifesto
You never know . . . The ones you give some semblance of burial, to whom you offer an apology, may have been like seers in a parallel culture. It is an act of respect, a technique of awareness.
Jonathan L. Clark • Consider the Vulture: An Ethical Approach to Roadkill
glasses, I went from thinking it was strange that we don’t see dead bodies anymore to believing their absence was a root cause of major problems in the modern world. Corpses keep the living tethered to reality.
Caitlin Doughty • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Contemplating the death of those we love and feeling tremendous grief in the aftermath of so doing brings us face-to-face with what matters. It shows us what it means to be human is to be vulnerable, to suffer, and to risk love.
Joanne Cacciatore • Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
Death in human life only makes sense when death has been acknowledged. It is not a raw biological fact, not for humans. Death is knowledge of death, death is the ritual for the dead. This is why when we hear someone has died we always want to know how it happened: because in order to begin to absorb the pain of the loss we need a narrative. Acknowl
... See moreTeju Cole • Tremor: A Novel
Death should be known. Known as a difficult mental, physical, and emotional process, respected and feared for what it is.