Slow Death
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Slow Death
Death starts visiting like a polite accountant. We talk monthly. I write a two-sentence obituary for myself with no achievements in it; I throw out a box of things that were supposed to prove I had lived: lanyards, plastic, a faded wristband that believed in me for forty-eight hours. I clean a drawer with the calm of someone who knows the coroner... See more
An Existential Guide to: Living the Beautiful Life
We’d probably pay more attention if no one died all year, and then on December 31 the entire population of Chicago suddenly dropped dead. Or Houston. Or Las Vegas and Detroit put together. Instead, unless a celebrity or public figure dies, we tend to overlook the necro demographic as they slip away into history.
Caitlin Doughty • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
So what would it look like if we took death wellness as seriously as we take fitness? Or nutrition? Or mental health? At the very least, we might live life more fully. At most, we could start to see death as a celebration, especially as our lifespans are expected to increase over the next few decades.
Taylor Majewski • Not Found
“Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,
Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams
And our desires.”
–Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”
Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams
And our desires.”
–Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”