misaacs | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 30 2007 | Mexico, culture, Catholicism, death, photo gallery, photography
For many observers outside Mexico, Day of the Dead is associated with skeletons and a touch of the macabre. However, in Mexico, Day of the Dead is actually celebration of life, in which death plays the final part. The tradition, which is observed on November 1 (All Saints’ Day) and November 2 (All Souls’ Day
- misaacs | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 28 2007 | talk, academia, learning, mortality, death, life, research, university, lecture, computer science
Dr. Pausch's speech was more than just an academic exercise. The 46-year-old father of three has pancreatic cancer and expects to live for just a few months. His lecture, using images on a giant screen, turned out to be a rollicking and riveting journey through the lessons of his life.
The transcript :
http://cmu.edu/uls/journeys/randy-pausch/index.htmlThe talk istself :
http://cmu.edu/uls/journeys/randy-pausch/index.htmlRedotted from Sriraman.
- misaacs | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 02 2007 | art, Africa, reliquary, sculpture, death, mortality
Quoted: “Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers many magnetic images in a gorgeous, morally and spiritually vibrant show that is sure be one of the sleepers of the fall art season. Sleepers, awake. Change your habits, alter your route, see what you’re missing. This African show isn’t esoteric at all. Anyone familiar with Western religious art, particularly art before the modern era, will recognize its basic theme: life as a cosmic journey homeward, with parental spirits, embodied in materials and images, coddling, counseling and chiding us every step of the way.
— Holland Cotter
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