I'm always amazed at the monuments we erect in remeberence of those who passed away, and sometimes I can't help but wonder why.
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stoneylonesome Barn Stormer  10,460 posts Likes: 3 Joined Aug 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA More info | Dec 27, 2005 18:57 | #1 I'm always amazed at the monuments we erect in remeberence of those who passed away, and sometimes I can't help but wonder why.
the name is Winston but they call me Sandy
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kenyc Cream of the Crop  More info | Dec 27, 2005 19:28 | #2 Nice shot Sandy. I too wonder and plan on being cremated myself.... Kenny A. Chaffin
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sparker1 Cream of the Crop  29,368 posts Likes: 295 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ More info | Dec 27, 2005 20:46 | #3 Nice shot and interesting question. I'm sure there are many answers, among them guilt, self-aggrandizement, love, respect, etc. These days, I believe that fewer and fewer of us are interested in that permanent resting place with any sort of marker. Stan (See my gallery at http://www.pbase.com/sparker1
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stoneylonesome THREAD STARTER Barn Stormer 10,460 posts Likes: 3 Joined Aug 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA More info | Thanks Stan. So true what you say. Some of the monuments I've seen are truly works of art. Maybe others could post some that they have seen here. I know some people feel funny about taking photos in cemeteries, I on the other hand think it shows respect. They can be very peaceful and beautiful places. the name is Winston but they call me Sandy
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marie Cream of the Crop  21,057 posts Joined Jul 2002 More info | kenyc wrote: I too wonder and plan on being cremated myself.... KAC regards, Marie
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kenyc Cream of the Crop More info | marie wrote: make sure you are dead first Kenny  I'm leaving all my guts  ( eyes and other things) for someone who may need them( much more then I will)  so I guess there won't be much left to put anything over ~ a mound of grass and what could be nicer nice picture Sandy I hope to also leave whatever organs behind and functioning in someone else if possible Kenny A. Chaffin
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marie Cream of the Crop 21,057 posts Joined Jul 2002 More info | kenyc wrote: I hope to also leave whatever organs behind and functioning in someone else if possible  Any yeah, but still I think if I were not dead, I'd rather be cremated then buried. At least it would be quicker. KAC P.S. Marie, do you know the Carl Sandburg poem "Grass": http://glenavalon.com/grass.html  [IMAGE TOO SMALL, NOT RENDERED INLINE] I do now thanks Kenny, it's lovely  ' Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work ' I have always loved these lines (below) from 'Carve Her Name With Pride' - with Virginia Mckenna, Jack Warner, Paul Scofield, The code-poem used in the film was the real code poem used by Violette Szabo while she was sending messages back from occupied France. The poem was written by 'Leo Marks' (qv) who was a cryptographer for SOE and often used poems like this for agents to use. 'The life that I have is all that I have, The life that I have is yours. The love that I have of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have, A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours ' regards, Marie
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kenyc Cream of the Crop More info | Dec 30, 2005 20:45 | #8 Nice. Kenny A. Chaffin
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MaureenSouza Ms. MODERATOR Something Spectacular!  More info | Dec 30, 2005 20:51 | #9 I certainly don't understand that either. Blow my ashes into the wind and then go have a picture party in my remembrance. Life is hard...but I just take it one photograph at a time.
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CurtisN Master Flasher  19,129 posts Likes: 11 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Northern Illinois, US More info | marie wrote: I'm leaving all my guts ( eyes and other things) for someone who may need themI've seen what your eyes can do with a camera. Whomever gets them will be lucky indeed. "If you're not having fun, your pictures will reflect that." - Joe McNally
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MaureenSouza Ms. MODERATOR Something Spectacular! More info | Dec 31, 2005 00:12 | #11 I plan on sticking around until my body parts are useless. If, for some reason I check out earlier than expected, my body is donated to anyone brave enough to take it. Life is hard...but I just take it one photograph at a time.
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sparker1 Cream of the Crop 29,368 posts Likes: 295 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ More info | Maureen Souza wrote: I plan on sticking around until my body parts are useless. If, for some reason I check out earlier than expected, my body is donated to anyone brave enough to take it. I'm afraid I've already reached the point where my parts are worthless. They aren't working too well for me, no reason to expect they would help anyone else. Actually, I'm looking for young, attractive donors. Stan (See my gallery at http://www.pbase.com/sparker1
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stoneylonesome THREAD STARTER Barn Stormer 10,460 posts Likes: 3 Joined Aug 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA More info | Thanks all for the comments, I think next to photographing barns, cemeteries are also a favorite of mine. Course the way my bones are working lately it would be nice if I could find some on level ground. the name is Winston but they call me Sandy
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