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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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[rebness.livejournal.com]

One day in the future, I'll hold you to that!

That's a gorgeous grave. I love the melancholy art of these places.

It's hard to find good graveyards for anything before 1800 so again, one day, I'll be there... ;)

[ukashi-goshi.livejournal.com]

I hope so! That would rock. :)