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AWalkonBrandonHill
HumanityandNatureintheCityofSlavery
Adecayingpieceofwoodunderaplanetreecaughtmyeye.
Choosing
Ithoughtofdecayandageingandlookedmoreclosely.
Itwasreddishandfullofholes.Itlaylikeacarcassamongstfallenleaves.
Itwasahabitat.Iwonderedwhoinhabiteditandwhenandhow
theycametoliveinit.
RoBnganddecaywasthepre‐condiDonofitshomeliness
Observinganddescribing
Thisisquitesmall,aboutfourincheslongandreddishincolour.Therearewhite,powderydepositswhichcouldbefungalgrowth.Itiswideratoneendandtaperstoapoint.
IfitwerepossibletostanditpoinDngupwards,itwouldlooklikenothingmoreexactlythana
termites’mound.
HowinteresDng,thataprocessofdecayandtheindustriousconstrucDonofseveralthousand
insectscanproducehabitatssosimilarinform!
Ques3oning
• Whichkindoftreewasitonceapartof?Wasitaplanetree?
• Whatisthesignificanceofplanetrees?• Whatgaveititsredcolour?• Howlongdidittake,fromfallingtotheground,forthewoodtobecomelikethis?
• Howlongdoesittakeforapieceofwoodtorotdowncompletely?
• Wholivesinitandwhendidtheyarrive?
Metaphysicalques3ons• Howdopeopleinterveneinnature’sprogressfromnewgrowthtodyinganddecay?
• Whydowefindmeaninginshapeseventhoughtheymayberandom?
• DoesanyoneelsefindbeautyinroNennessanddecay?
• WhatcanIlearnfromthisaboutlivinglifemorerichlyDllthedayIdie?
Stories:MyexisDngknowledge
IalreadyknowandloveJohnKeats’fascinaDonwiththebeautyandtransienceofnature
Melancholy
ShedwellswithBeauty—Beautythatmustdie;AndJoy,whosehandiseverathislipsBiddingadieu...
WelcomeJoyandWelcomeSorrowWELCOMEjoy,andwelcomesorrow...Cometo‐day,andcometo‐morrow,Idoloveyoubothtogether!Ilovetomarksadfacesinfairweather;Andhearamerrylaughamidthethunder;FairandfoulIlovetogether...Infantplayingwithaskull;Morningfair,andshipwreck'dhull...
KeatswasprofoundlyinfluencedbyShakespeare,whowovethethemeofdecayrichlyintothe
imageryofHamlet
‘there’s something ro1en in the state of Denmark!’
...andtouchedonitinother,lateplays...
Now bless thyself: thou me1est with things dying, I with things newborn
NewLearningIfyouGoogle‘roNenness’,aPunkwebsiteisthe
firsthit.DidthePunkmovementdrawonsomedeepinsDnctinpeopleforreconcilingourselvestodeathanddecay,orwasitjustareacDontoacomplacent20thCenturyculture
oforderandcontrol?
Orboth?
IfyouGoogle‘decay’,youfindaNewYorkBoyBandhascalleditself‘Decaydance’!Hereisoneoftheirt‐shirts.
Encounteringfundsofknowledge
ItcouldbemoreinteresDngforthisenquirytolookinto‘roNenwood’.GooglegivesnineopDons,mostlyonwoodtreatmentandrestoraDon,butalsooneon‘roNenwood
insects’.
Clearlythereareenthusiastsoutthere...
...includingthewritersofthis‘ElytraandAntenna’website:
“Thesepagesarededicatedtothoseenthusiastswhoseloveforbeetles,walkingsDcks,grasshoppers,manDds,andotherinvertebrateshasbroughtthemtorearingofthesealiencreaturessothattheycanenjoytheiranDcsandbeautyyearround.”
FemaleslayeggsinholesthattheyexcavateinoldroNenwood.LarvaefeedonthefungiandtakeaboutninemonthstoreachmaturitywhenfedroNenoak,beechandsomeotherhardwoods.
mediumstagbeetle
Thebig‘world‐view’quesDon
Whofindsbeautyindeath?
LearningRelaDonships!
Someonetellsmeabout...
TheExquisiteCorpse
Wikipedia:
Exquisitecorpse(alsoknownasexquisitecadaverorrota3ngcorpse)isamethodbywhichacollecDonofwordsorimagesiscollecDvelyassembled.EachcollaboratoraddstoacomposiDoninsequence,eitherbyfollowingarule(e.g."Theadjec@venounadverbverbtheadjec@venoun")orbybeingallowedtoseetheendofwhatthepreviouspersoncontributed.
Google:‘beautyofdeath’
GregorSchneider
“Thereisnothingperverseaboutadyingpersoninanartgallery...”(April2008)
Foryears,Ihaveadreamedofaroominwhichpeoplecandieinpeace.It'sasimpleroom:floodedwithlight,withawoodenfloor
Ihaverecreatedthisroom‐asanarDst,thatiswhatIdo‐andatthemoment,itisstandingrighthereinmystudio.Anyminuteitcouldbedismantled,putonaplaneandreinstalledanywhereintheworld,forsomeonenearingtheendoftheirdaysandwhowantstodieinahumaneandharmoniousenvironment.
"Iwanttodisplayapersondyingnaturally...orsomebodywhohasjustdied.Myaimistoshowthebeautyofdeath."
ReacDon!
I'mnotanaiveperson,butIdon'tthinkthereisanythingwrongorperverseaboutthisdream.Ithinkit'squiteinnocent.SoithasbeenratherashocktomethatforthelastweekIhavebeenreceivingdeaththreatsbyphoneandemail.
Whoandwhatisdecayinghere?
• Withinafewdays,thousandsofarDclesappearedacrosstheworld...Inaway,Iamnotsurprisedthattheyhavetriggeredsomeabsolutelyhorrificimagesintheheadsofjournalistsandreaders.AndyetIamsDllastonishedbythenatureofthecommentsIreceived,anddisturbedbytheirvulgarityandviolence.IreceivedthreatsinmulDplelanguages,someofthemabsurd,someofthemseriouslythreatening.
• SomeoneemailedtosuggestIshouldbe"slaughtered"andgiven"theJesustreatment".Someoneelseemailed:"Whydon'tyoukillyourmotherandshowhertouswhilehe's[sic]dying?"Anothertoldmemyartworkswere"degenerate".
TheBeautyofDeathbyKahlilGibran
Singofthepastasyoubeholdthedawnofhopeinmyeyes,for
Itsmagicmeaningisasoibeduponwhichmyheartrests.