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EDITOR’S NOTE
"LONDON CEMETERIES XI"
Impermanence
Jon Underwood, three years ago at the age of 40,
wrote on his website, impermanenceatwork.org:
“I'm the guy who set up Impermanence. I don't
think there has ever been anything quite like it!
I'm really enjoying this work and am committed
as an experience to be avoided at all costs. As
doulas, they align with death to guide the dying,
and their family and friends, toward the grace of
releasing earthly attachments and letting go.
A man from Varanasi, India, where death is
to following a course of death-activism as long as considered a blessing, shares his wisdom with
in its first two volumes. In this volume, we share A nursing home in Holland offers lodging to
possible.” Art of Dying shared Jon’s wise presence
Jon’s funeral.
Every person in this volume embraces death
as an immediate inspiration. As artists, they
reveal death’s beauty through painting, writing,
sculpture, photography, and fashion design.
As activists, they act as death’s defenders,
challenging the fear-based beliefs and mores that
have condemned death as life’s enemy and dying
a culture where death is considered a curse.
students who learn first-hand how best to die
while reminding the elderly how best to live.
Decaying marble memorials share impermanence
with biodegradable grave garments.
Jon Underwood wrote: “My experience tells
me that death can play a role in helping us
enjoy life.”
Our experience should tell us the same.
JOHN WADSWORTH, FOUNDING EDITOR AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR
JOHN@ARTOFDYINGMAGAZINE.COM
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