Monday, October 6, 2008

There Is Beauty in Great Sadness.

Monumental Cemetery, Milan, Crying in Time


St. Kilda Cemetery, Victoria


by Peter Schipperheyn,
Mt Macedon Cemetery, Victoria via omnia flickr


Monumental Cemetery Milan, Last Kiss


Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest


Highgate Cemetery West, London, via Picaddict flickr


Ivanhoe Cemetery, Ivanhoe, Illinois
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16 comments:

  1. evenclevelandOctober 6, 2008 at 9:27 AM

    These are gorgeous - I particularly love the one where the woman has her face in her hands.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 6, 2008 at 9:27 AM

    wow these a re stunning!

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  3. No Bones Just BrainsOctober 6, 2008 at 12:26 PM

    I love the last one.

    <3

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  4. hello gorgeousOctober 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM

    No bones just brains: I love you. xo

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  5. AnonymousOctober 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM

    Isn't the last one lyrics from a Beatles song?

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  6. hello gorgeousOctober 6, 2008 at 2:14 PM

    Yup.

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  7. Joanna GoddardOctober 6, 2008 at 6:43 PM

    love.

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  8. pve designOctober 6, 2008 at 8:54 PM

    You inspire me to get thinking about my tombstone.
    Any one of those would surely help me to rest in peace.

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  9. TIGOctober 6, 2008 at 10:36 PM

    Really beautiful, and especially poignant, given your recent comment on {the kindness of strangers}, which was beautiful, and very moving -- thanks so much for sharing such a lovely story.

    xo

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  10. Raina CoxOctober 7, 2008 at 12:22 AM

    OK, weirdo comment of the day. Did you ever see the Dr. Who episode called "Blink"?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(Doctor_Who)

    Sorry for interrupting with a geek link. Back to admiring the statues...

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  11. AnonymousOctober 7, 2008 at 5:44 PM

    So beautiful. And thanks for the tag... now I know I should avoid Joan Didion at all costs.

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  12. hello gorgeousOctober 8, 2008 at 7:30 AM

    Thanks, everyone. Aren't they incredible and heartbreaking?

    Raina - No, I don't watch it but I looked up your link - that's an interesting, scary premise.

    jo - xo

    pve - unusual art, but art nonetheless

    {this is glamorous} - *wink*

    erin - Nope, not my favorite.

    Thanks Stephanie and Nadia for visiting.

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  13. Brilliant AsylumOctober 9, 2008 at 10:46 AM

    I love that quote--it is so true. Pretty photos.

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  14. The Nerdy FashionistaOctober 13, 2008 at 7:59 PM

    these are beautiful. Cemeteries are so haunting, especially old ones; and nothing breaks the heart quite like seeing childrens' tombstones.

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  15. AnonymousApril 11, 2013 at 12:31 AM

    cemetery is the place to keep memories...

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  16. AnonymousApril 11, 2013 at 12:35 AM

    cemetery is the palce to keep memories

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