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[rebness]

For someone who is morbidly (ha) afraid of death - and I mean truly, awake-at-4am-thinking-it-over afraid - I sure do like my cemeteries. In fact, the more afraid of death I grow, the more I love cemeteries. They have to be old, though, and the pain far removed from them. I don't like new tombs at all, but old ones are so peaceful and beautiful.

I'm going to start a series in my LJ and post some photos of my favourite graveyards. Thus far, I have Pere-Lachaise and Montmarte (Paris), La Tour de Carol (French/Spanish border), that awesome old one in Boston, Lafayette, St. Louis No.1 and the one I can't remember (New Orleans), San Michele (Venice), various Greek and English cemeteries and, um, a deeply saddening one in Sarajevo. Exciting and weird times!

















Jim Morrison, we salute you. And steal from your grave.



This one's too sad and shiny and poor Edith. ;_;







Heloise and Abelard. This is a terrible photo but let me show you why...



Seriously. Renovations, you're necessary but confound me. >:| 





Herp derp





Modigliani and my icon hunny, his lover Jeanne Hebuterne <3



The monuments in the WWII/Holocaust memorial are really hard to even look at.







And now Oscar Wilde.



I'm not sure how I feel about this. I can't really judge as yes, I have kissed that grave myself before...



And perhaps Oscar would find it all rather splendid...



...But I judge this clown so hard. What kind of person writes in textspeak on a memorial? (Probaby the same asshat who wrote 'Bon Jovi' on the front).

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[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

I think they have cleaned Oscar's grave at least once, but the lipstick comes right on back. IDK. I'm not sure whether he would have liked it. I didn't kiss it myself, I just wrote a note on paper and left it for him. I like to ponder what might have happened to the note when the wind picked it up, and if anyone found it. :D

[rebness.livejournal.com]

It's a pity - I read an article recently with Wilde's grandson about this. He said the lipstick is the worst because it contains animal fats which seep into the stone and degrade it. The note is a much better idea. :p