Memento Mori: Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life
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Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better lifeMany of us in the contemporary Western world view death as purely negative—something to be pushed out of our minds, shunned, and avoided. Thinking about death, particularly one’s own, is seen as morbid, if not downright pathological. But, not long ago, contemplating death was widely used as a powerful tool that helped us fear mortality less, put the difficulties of our lives in perspective, and live according to our higher values. (It still is, in some places.) By coming to terms with our own death, we were understood to become wise.
This richly illustrated talk—based on Morbid Anatomy founder’s new book and will look at a number of the ways that people in different times and places have befriended, imagined, pictured or related to death.
Joanna Ebenstein is the founder and creative director of Morbid Anatomy, an internationally recognized death expert, award-winning curator, photographer, graphic designer, and teacher.
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