Profile of a Cemetery

Posted by Shrig (Washington, D.C., United States) on 2 April 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

This is a series of photos I have on a fantastic cemetery near a friend's house in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

These aren't the most artistic photos in the world, but I post this series to make a point. Understandabaly, death is a scary subject. Most of us (if not all) have lost a loved one or have even watched someone die. Although it is the end of a life, an era, the loss of someone so dear to us that it makes us cry to think about the fact that they aren't here anymore, death is not a bad thing, nor should it be a scary little item of business to talk about. Whatever belief system you value, whatever religion you follow, death shouldn't be seen as a terrible end, but of a way of life coming full circle, coming together.

My intentions here are not of a sinister or mobid kind, but to hopefully get people to clear the air with not only those they love, but with themselves.

Peace.

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