So...has there ever been a thread on death? I mean DEATH death, not fake-o, Halloween death as we show it.
There's nothing like going to a nursing home, or intensive care unit to get the whiff of death along with cafeteria food to get one pondering the end of life. I currently have a few family members who might be meeting Grim soon (hey- *I* may meet him soon, for all I know) and it's got me thinking about all of us, & our Halloween/death/skeletons thing...and fate... and "good" death vs. a "not" good one.
I am just wondering if there is some commonality in thinking about it with us here. After all, why do we "do" Halloween in the first place?? Sure sure- we all had great H'ween experiences as a kid, and want to keep that going for the people we entertain, but about ol' Grim? Is there a connection between our love of H'ween and some issue we may have with death? Are we afraid of it? Are we more comfortable with it than is the norm? I don't have any issue with death per se; I have issue with the long drawn out, tortuous process it sometimes takes to get to that release...(sigh).
Any thoughts?
(Perhaps this doesn't even belong here...if so, Moderator, please feel free to delete this without rancor. )
There's nothing like going to a nursing home, or intensive care unit to get the whiff of death along with cafeteria food to get one pondering the end of life. I currently have a few family members who might be meeting Grim soon (hey- *I* may meet him soon, for all I know) and it's got me thinking about all of us, & our Halloween/death/skeletons thing...and fate... and "good" death vs. a "not" good one.
I am just wondering if there is some commonality in thinking about it with us here. After all, why do we "do" Halloween in the first place?? Sure sure- we all had great H'ween experiences as a kid, and want to keep that going for the people we entertain, but about ol' Grim? Is there a connection between our love of H'ween and some issue we may have with death? Are we afraid of it? Are we more comfortable with it than is the norm? I don't have any issue with death per se; I have issue with the long drawn out, tortuous process it sometimes takes to get to that release...(sigh).
Any thoughts?
(Perhaps this doesn't even belong here...if so, Moderator, please feel free to delete this without rancor. )