From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."
- Edvard Munch |
Mortal Temptation. Rachel Delahay |
Assured that the dead would be insulted by mourning or sadness, Dia de los Muertos celebrates the lives of the deceased with food, drink, parties, and activities the dead enjoyed in life. On Dia de los Muertos, the dead are also a part of the community, awakened from their eternal sleep to share celebrations with their loved ones. In emulating them, we allow them to walk amongst us.
The undead king - Petter Wallberg |
"All say, "How hard it is is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
- Mark Twain
Recomposing - Anne Flore de Chivre |
Al vivo todo le falta y al meurto todo le sombra
The ones alive need everything, the dead need nothing
-mexican proverb
To be honest i felt more dead the morning after the party than during, After taking the make up off, i feel i still looked like this:
Death mask. TomTom Mulroney, photographer unknown. |
Happy Hallows Eve!
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