Comments on: The art & craft of dying http://kjbishop.net/2009/05/05/the-art-craft-of-dying.html K.J. Bishop's home on the web Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:35:40 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/2009/05/05/the-art-craft-of-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-20793 kjbishop Sun, 17 May 2009 22:03:43 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=1957#comment-20793 Ok, I'm booking in a future life as an archaeologist so that I can dig all those coffins up and enjoy puzzling over them. I think puzzles make for happiness, because they give focus and structure to the unavoidable bewilderment of living. In fact, out of kindness to future generations, perhaps we should leave as many puzzles, false documents and red herrings behind us as we can. Maybe that was what the Egyptians did when they built the Pyramids and the Sphinx... D - Shaun Tan is most awesomely awesome! Ok, I’m booking in a future life as an archaeologist so that I can dig all those coffins up and enjoy puzzling over them. I think puzzles make for happiness, because they give focus and structure to the unavoidable bewilderment of living. In fact, out of kindness to future generations, perhaps we should leave as many puzzles, false documents and red herrings behind us as we can. Maybe that was what the Egyptians did when they built the Pyramids and the Sphinx…

D – Shaun Tan is most awesomely awesome!

]]> By: Holly in Bangkok http://kjbishop.net/2009/05/05/the-art-craft-of-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-20792 Holly in Bangkok Fri, 15 May 2009 14:48:01 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=1957#comment-20792 How about the Tibetan Book of the Dead plus CD of chanting playing for 40 days or whatever's recommended? in re coffins, I once saw one shaped and painted like a peapod that I'd have loved to go out in. How about the Tibetan Book of the Dead plus CD of chanting playing for 40 days or whatever’s recommended?
in re coffins, I once saw one shaped and painted like a peapod that I’d have loved to go out in.

]]> By: T'mok http://kjbishop.net/2009/05/05/the-art-craft-of-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-20791 T'mok Wed, 06 May 2009 03:19:12 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=1957#comment-20791 A huge, hollowed out, undecorated block of basalt with a matching cap, filled to the brim with Hendricks gin. A huge, hollowed out, undecorated block of basalt with a matching cap, filled to the brim with Hendricks gin.

]]> By: D http://kjbishop.net/2009/05/05/the-art-craft-of-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-20790 D Tue, 05 May 2009 09:16:54 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=1957#comment-20790 Treasure maps and forged conspiracy documents seem like a splendid idea. I think I would bring heaps of little dolls and animal sculptures to serve me in the afterlife. Two coins over my eyes, just in case I end up in the wrong afterlife... and a sarcophagus from white marble with bunnies and mice carved all over. Take that, future archeologists. On a side note, I'm in love with Shaun Tan. :D Treasure maps and forged conspiracy documents seem like a splendid idea.

I think I would bring heaps of little dolls and animal sculptures to serve me in the afterlife. Two coins over my eyes, just in case I end up in the wrong afterlife… and a sarcophagus from white marble with bunnies and mice carved all over. Take that, future archeologists.

On a side note, I’m in love with Shaun Tan. :D

]]> By: Penny http://kjbishop.net/2009/05/05/the-art-craft-of-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-20789 Penny Tue, 05 May 2009 08:57:36 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=1957#comment-20789 I don't know about decorations, but I would have a false bottom with some treasure maps or some hilarious conspiracy documents. I don’t know about decorations, but I would have a false bottom with some treasure maps or some hilarious conspiracy documents.

]]> By: Alankria http://kjbishop.net/2009/05/05/the-art-craft-of-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-20788 Alankria Tue, 05 May 2009 07:46:21 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=1957#comment-20788 Artwork with lots of different styles and details (some imagined), to confuse archaeologists trying to decipher the nature of my culture. Artwork with lots of different styles and details (some imagined), to confuse archaeologists trying to decipher the nature of my culture.

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