COMMENTS !!!! GLORIOUS COMMENTS

FROM OTHERS TO ME:

Younger person:
i read some of you other ones too, and i think they refer to the same thing
Death in the us has become commercialized. Paying for funerals? comon!
the person is already dead

also the part about how it freaks you out, that's not right(It fascinates me that when we decompose what allows us to survive, then eats us. To me that’s super freaky but also so amazing)it is the cycle of life. you may die but your body will nourish the rest of the world, wether it helps scientists gain more knowledge, or it decomposes into the ground to feed hundreds of cycles of flowers or trees
which will then feed other things, like bees or giraffes. You will not end , you will become many things. think of all the children eating the honey that the bees made from your flowers, nourished on your corpse. death is an end, but it is a new beginning.

from Liam
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Older person:
As I began reading this my first thoughts were to my own ideas about death which differ from the two women described. This essay took me on on my own path as I think speaking of death often does. I agree with Ms. Flesh that the two women interviewed do hold back some of their interpretations when to talking to a young person... and perhaps they hold back from themselves due to their own hesitancy around the subject of death. I know the women interviewed personally and one does keep her thoughts close to the core while the other often uses humor to diffuse.
In response to Ms. Flesh's comparison to her peers' attitude toward death I do think young people's brains are not fully formed until about the age of 25 and in a healthy form of fearlessness they negate things that are frightening so as to be able to experience the bombardment of new experiences thrown at them.
I have heard the phrase 'kick the bucket' my whole life yet have never considered it beyond it's use as an expression. The description at the end of this article is so visceral... it resonates.
Brava Ms. Flesh
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Naima:
hey eloise,

i really enjoyed your post. i liked the language that you used to describe peoples reactions to your questions, and i liked the way you peeped-in their quotes. i liked the larger ideas that came across throughout your writing, which, mainly, were that death means different things to different people and they chose how they'd like to think about it. we live in a society where we have options and where the controversy on picking a form of care for a dead body doesn't seem too controversial.

although i really enjoyed your post, i still find that your posts are very choppy. i think that to make your posts have more of a flow, you should read it through aloud and seperate the larger chunks into paragraphs.

thanks girlly,

nai
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FROM ME TO OTHERS:

to Naima:
Wow! you poured your heart out ad what seems to stay bottled up, I can feel all the emotion, I am sure this took courage on your part. This was a very emotional and insisghtful post into Naima and though I feel much sorrow it made me very happy to hear these thoughts of yours.

You spoke of how your mother's passing and how it effected your family and your father and how difficult it was to deal with the care of her body & memory. You also spoke of little Ped's recent passing and how much you give respect to his life , but in contrast how easy going the decision making for his memorial went.

I think your fathers actions to accept your grandmothers decisions show a strong man who really thinks of everyones sake, and it really seems you were still able to give your mother the tribute she deserves. I want to give you praise for being such a strong intelligent, powerful women because I can hardly imagine loosing my mother. From what i've heard you radiate her memory and that is an exceptional vibe you give.

The last days of your mothers life seem quite similar to that of my uncle's, loosing someone to sickness is so hard because you seemingly watch them wither, but as you say "My mother was surrounded by her children, father and mother, which made the moment of her death actually quite beautiful." when its a beautiful person being lost it gathers many amazing people at the time.

As for little Ped's story it is very interesting it really made me reflect on what life means for me and when it begins. You were very excited for no longer being the baby (hahaha) but eveerything happens for a reason, you will have to continue fufilling the title of the youngest.

This was a very intersting and emotionally thought proking post. I respect and feel your sturggle mamasita. !
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to Devin:

I thought your post was intersting and insightful into your family dynamics.I could hear a good amount of family character in your post.

You discuss both your grandomthers perespectives and that of your fathers. You discuss how their perspectives differ, their similarties and how you compare to there views.

I really liked the way you peiced together the answer by also inserting your insight. I think that this poem resonates well with your post !


EXPENDABLE BY: LANGSTON HUGES

"We will take you and kill you,
Expendable.

We will fill you full of lead,
Expendable.

And when you are dead
in nice cold ground,
We'll put your name
above your head-

If your head
Can be found."

I think it is powerful to note that with generation and time big things change and in a mass size, most of my interviewees as well desired to be cremated. I wonder how our current dominate religous views reflect of the major cremation acceptance !

GREAT JOB.
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to Nina:
Wow I think that your question and thoughts on death are very interesting, things I havent thought of !

I really liked your post there was a good flow of ideas and you peiced all the diffrent information together very well.

I do find that alot of times you would begin an idea but would'nt finish it. For example with catrina you say a lot of qoutes but do not explain there relevance, or you dont finish your idea you just go on to the next topic. I think your english has a few MINOR mistakes but otherwise is reallllly GOOD !!

I enjoyed your writing style, you told a nice story. I also really like your background !

My favorite line was "Some people kill themselves slowly, throughout life. Drinking, smoking, specially using hard drugs, or even maintaining an unhealthy way of thinking, which could cause predisposition to sadness and unhealthiness." I thought this was very insightful.