I clawed my way out of my grave for this?

An unloved corpse, brought back only to suffer the insult of being forced to perform personhood for a cruel audience of fools. Any other information is none of your business.

[theundeadfelix]

I pour my emotions onto the page in crimson spatters and scrawls

purging the sentiments until the noises stop

the shrieking of a lifetime, silently buried beneath so much weight

crawling upwards, ripping through the dirt

leaving myself a withered husk

bones bleached in the sun

[zig-et-zig-et-zig]

Memento Mori Ivory Carving, Unknown Artist (1650)

[omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa]

“Reaper Death” — Walter Crane (1900)

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Totenschädel (1909, Graphit auf getöntem Papier) - Maximilian Klewer

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

The Bride (1918) - Edmund Ciećkiewicz

[omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa]

“Memento mori” burial robes (17th-19th centuries)

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Flags of the funeral procession "Memento Mori" (19th-20th centuries)

[nonalimmen]

© Nona Limmen {Instagram / Website}

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Mourning rings (17th-18th centuries)

[claypigeonpottery]

remember me as you pass by

as you are now so once was I

as I am now you will surely be

prepare thyself to follow me

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Monastery Catacombs in Palermo (1891/Etching) - Marie Danse

[fallbabylon]

Memento Mori at St John's Co-Cathedral-Valetta, Malta.

[bizarreauhavre]

Memento Mori, 19th century, marble.

[funeral]

Kathleen Cohen, Metamorphosis of a Death Symbol: The Transi Tomb in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance

[charnel-grounds]

— Pauline Owens Teel

[pwlanier]

Antique Silver and Coral Skull Pendant, Italy circa 1780s © Bernardo Antichita

The pendant, dated to the 1780s, consists of a coral skull and a silver eyelet. The pendant is carefully carved, giving a naturalistic image of the skull, which is designed to be worn as an amulet. The pendant, therefore, can be interpreted as a Memento Mori, as well as a symbolic representation, which has spread since the Middle Ages, with the aim of remembering the transience and mortal nature of life, inviting us to live wisely and to give greater value to the passing of time. The Memento Mori is a depiction that has been widely used to combat vanity, prioritize what truly matters, and reduce everyday worries.

Courtesy Alain Truong

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Hans Holbein's Dance of Death Alphabet