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i hate when other people are funnier than me.

Not to get morbid - I'm in good spirits, I want to stress that - but hearing about those roman gravestones that address whoever pauses to read them makes me want to have one too once I'm done. But I don't think I want one that's sweetly thanking people for pausing to remember. I want to grab people by the throat from beyond the grave and put them into existential contemplations of their own life. Something along the lines of

In this moment we are both here - you there, aboveground, I here, below. Come tomorrow, I will still be here. Where will you be?

life and existence. fragile and ruthless. precious and temporary. confusing and miraculous.

“while skiing one january in the lamar valley of yellowstone park, i found this story written in the snow.  a meadow vole was hopping on the surface of the snow eating grass seeds he found there. after he had been traveling for several hundred yards, he made a left turn and a hawk caught him, picked him up and flew away.  the tail feathers and wing prints of the bird were left to plainly illustrate the brief life and death event.”  – tom murphy

s/o to this skeleton babe from 1936

And then you respawn?

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@salticid​ you’re amazing and I love ur cryptic spambot convo I hope u like this!!

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Ars longa, vita brevis is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek. The Latin quote is often rendered in English as Art is long, life is short.

Of death, endings and beginnings. To be able to birth anew, over and over during a lifetime is, at the same time, the reason we live for and the price we pay.

This is DEATH, Lady D for her friends, boss for you.

A design and illustration i did for a little game called Spooky Hat Shop, free on itch.io. Maybe went a little over the top with it since the aesthetic of the game is "cozy and cute" but the devs liked it!

And yeah she runs a Hat Shop.

the personification of death being portrayed as deeply kind in fiction is something that reduces me to tears every single time

Piotr Stachiewicz

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Death might appear to destroy the meaning in our lives, but in fact it is the very source of our lives. As Kafka said, “ The meaning of life is that it ends.” Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create.

‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory’ by Caitlin Doughty (via artisticinsight)

Time lapse of a thunderstorm captured from an airliner from 12,000m (40,000ft) over the Pacific Ocean shows a towering cumulus convection that rises from an altocumulus cloud cover.

An altocumulus cloud cover from below.

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creating a universe with your own hands

Dandelion crowns are such a nostalgic ware for so many folks! Remember to pick in later in the season once their pollen has already had its first picks for the bees!