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The Elegy Project

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The Elegy Project is an open submission arts project about death and dying. See website for more details. https://nitter.gq/t.co/pxvEh6YBll

 South East, England
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Joined April 2017
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Dead Idiot, Paul Pretzer, 2019.
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Death on a Visit (1904)
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“Das Ende" ("The End") by Andreas Paul Weber, 1943.
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Kathryn Mannix@drkathrynmannix11 Sep 2022
What can we learn? That dying is inevitable, recognisable, describable, and that we can prepare for it. The Queen had clearly planned ahead. That at the edge of life, we can still enjoy love, and peace, and companions. That we need to get familiar with dying. 12/12
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5 philosophers on how to face death

5 philosophers on how to face death

We will all, presumably, die one day. That much is certain. But how we die, is at least somewhat, up to us. And how we understand death will dramatically change how we face it. We can turn to five of...

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"To Tibetan Buddhists, sky burials are sacred. To tourists, they’re a morbid curiosity." aeon.co/videos/to-tibetan-bu…
To Tibetan Buddhists, sky burials are sacred. To tourists, they’re a morbid curiosity | Aeon Videos

To Tibetan Buddhists, sky burials are sacred. To tourists, they’re a morbid curiosity | Aeon Videos

To Tibetan Buddhists, sky burials are sacred. To tourists, they’re a morbid curiosity

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What does it mean to have a good death? Can the true meaning of life be understood only in dying? | Psyche Films psyche.co/films/at-indias-de…
At India’s ‘death hotels’, devout Hindus seek liberation from cycles of rebirth | Psyche Videos

At India’s ‘death hotels’, devout Hindus seek liberation from cycles of rebirth | Psyche Videos

In India’s holy city of Varanasi on the river Ganges, ‘death hotels’ house Hindus seeking liberation from endless cycles of rebirth

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Skull of a crowned athlete with a gold wreath from Agios Nikolaos, Crete. The flesh disintegrated with time, but the wreath stuck and remained on the skull. Hellenistic Period.
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In a Mongolian wind burial, a body falls on land before getting swept up to the heavens | Aeon Videos aeon.co/videos/in-a-mongolia…
In a Mongolian wind burial, a body falls on land before getting swept up to the heavens | Aeon...

In a Mongolian wind burial, a body falls on land before getting swept up to the heavens | Aeon...

A hand-painted animation of the Mongolian wind burial tradition, in which a body gets swept up from the Earthly to infinite

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What it’s like to stand by your daughter in her choice to die | Aeon Videos

What it’s like to stand by your daughter in her choice to die | Aeon Videos

What it’s like to stand by your daughter in her choice to die

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A funeral director takes in bodies that social stigma leaves unclaimed | Aeon Videos

A funeral director takes in bodies that social stigma leaves unclaimed | Aeon Videos

‘We treat people like they are a member of our family’: a funeral director who takes in those that stigma leaves unclaimed

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Desmond Tutu: Body of South African hero to be aquamated

Desmond Tutu: Body of South African hero to be aquamated

In line with his eco-friendly beliefs, the water-based process uses a tenth of the energy of cremation.

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Would You Compost Your Body to Create Life after Death?

Would You Compost Your Body to Create Life after Death?

Three U.S. states have legalized "natural organic reduction," in which the dead are returned to the earth to help nourish its growth. 

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Having a concept of death, far from being a uniquely human feat, is a fairly common trait in the animal kingdom aeon.co/essays/animals-wrest…

Animals wrestle with the concept of death and mortality | Aeon Essays

Having a concept of death, far from being a uniquely human feat, is a fairly common trait in the animal kingdom

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TalkDeath@TalkDeathDaily8 Aug 2021
It won’t be shocking to anyone in the TD community that we love art that takes a creative spin on decomposition. (Let’s say it all together: it’s okay to decay!) Artist Kathleen Ryan takes this to another level with her series of beautiful mold-covered fruit. #TalkDeath #Art 🍋
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"One in four people in the UK today are not able to access the palliative and end-of-life services and support they need." @Politics_co_uk explores inequality & discrimination in death following the release of @HospiceUK's latest report. loom.ly/ubLvIsM
Inequality and discrimination, even in death - Politics.co.uk

Inequality and discrimination, even in death - Politics.co.uk

One in four people in the UK today are not able to access the palliative and end of life services and support they need.

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kiszkiloszki@kiszkiloszki7 Jun 2021
Ok. A million social media accounts + 1 is still a million. Let's do this then. tryshowtime.com/kiszkiloszki
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