Instructions:
Describe your ideas about your wish surround your death (how you would like to orchestrate your end of life ceremony) in 3 parts using illustrative images.List a minimum of 3 specific ideas that are personal and individually tailored to your wishes and beliefs.
All of your ideas must be related to an example from the week’s chapter reading. Describe how something you learned this week relates to the three personalized ideas, plus image examples, remember to be specific.
Provide specific visual examples of how your ideas are related to the art of this specific section of the textbook.
Provide the a total of 3 image(s) embedded within your discussion.
Give feedback to your classmates by replying to a minimum of four peer posts. For more information see the Guide to Group Discussion Posting and Replies
Prompt Guidelines:
For this weeks’ topic, let’s imagine how we’d like to “leave this mortal coil,” to “make our exit,” or to “start pushing up the daisies.” The chapter reading(s) for this section give us ample examples and suggestions, a kind of blueprint, for how we could image this.
These range from the personally eccentric examples laid out in the “Going out BIG” section, to the monumental markers on an architectural scale laid out in the section on “Ego,” or would you prefer to be physically preserved forever for all to see?
Food for Thought:
These are just some starting points to get you inspired- you don’t have to answer these questions, they are meant to fire up some ideas within your brainstorming.
Are there special items that you’d like to accompany your corpse? Maybe it’s that favorite light saber, lucky hat, wedding ring, your baseball card collection, an important religious object, or that 1967 Chevy Camero with white leather interior?
Do you want to share your (cremated) remains among your loved ones? What should they do with them—put them in amulets on chains, in an urn on the mantle, or resting in more traditional place like a cemetery?
Or would you select a burial, in your favorite car perhaps, in a custom Kane Kwei-style coffin shaped like a chicken, or in a giant crypt with your favorite 60” television, with a full bar and a butler, or with any of the other things you need in the afterlife?
Do you want a ritualized celebration honor with fireworks, dancing, or the Pope, or any other religious figure’s, blessing?
These examples are all rooted in ancient traditions, the art of which, is covered in this chapter. These practices predate our contemporary traditions, but they inform many that exist today. Keep in mind that these scenarios are imaginary, so be as creative as possible.
Written Analysis – Essay Format:
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Instructions: Describe your ideas about your wish surround your death (how you w
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