Shhhh! Don't Talk About It

Think back to when you were little - say about 5 or 6 - if you saw something scary, you could just close your eyes or hide under the covers, and it seemed as if it wasn't real. If I can't see it, it can't see me; therefore, I am safe, and it isn't real.

As we have gotten older, instead of closing our eyes, we just don't talk about scary or uncomfortable things; using the same type of childish logic- if I don't acknowledge it then it isn't real and can't hurt me. This applies to an abundance of "adult topics", money, politics, war, responsibilities, and my favorite, death/the morbid.

Let me be clear- I am not pro-death (as in taking a life), I am instead pro-knowledge. I find that taking the taboo and unknown away from the subject also takes away the fear and anxiety of the unenviable. Why be scared when you can be prepared? So let us be death positive.

Being prepared can be in the literal sense- funeral preparations, burial vs creation vs body donation, and how to deal with any unfinished business - but I also think preparation in the knowledge sense, lack of a better metaphor, in war you want to learn all you can about your opponent to beat them- well Death is the opposition and although the outcome is set in stone, why not learn more? How has Death changed over history and cultures? Has it always been this scary taboo, hooded shadow, or was it ever celebrated as a victory over life?

That is what I want to know and share- everything and anything I can about Death, along with the weird, the morbid, & the macabre that surrounds the subject. I want to learn and share the history, symbolism, realism, cultural influence, and maybe a touch of political and religious influence.

Now let's start pushing up some daisies!