EYE OPENER: A Contemplation of Death and Life

IMAGE:  A series of skulls with a blue flower blooming and dialog about life cycles

Melissa: Why this grotesque image?

Liao:    Because death is a good reminder of the limits of human knowledge.

Melissa: How so?

Liao:    Unless we remember how quickly we return to dust, it's difficult to realize what's important . . . 

Satoru:  Isn't this something religions should teach?

Tim:     In many parts of the world it works that way. However, with our worship of youth 
         it's easy to forget how fleeting all things are.

Liao:    Yeah. It seems paradoxical, but an awareness of death should help us appreciate life. 


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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  A conversation and mandalic image about life cycles
KEYWORDS: thanatology, life cycles, learning from death, life priorities

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2007 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2014 in Tokyo, Japan

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