A serious writing fanatic
In the recently popular Netflix animation "Love, Death and Robots", episode 14, ZIMA's story is very popular. The film perfectly shows that a person's birth and departure are inevitable, even the advanced life that affects the universe. The day the soul returned home.
The blue in the film is mysterious and classic. This is a tribute to Yves Klein, who, together with Andy Warhol, Duchamp, and Beuys, is regarded as the four masters who made the greatest contribution to world art in the second half of the 20th century. .
▲ Yves Klein, French artist, 1968-1962, died at the age of 34
▲Yves Klein redefines blue, named "International Klein Blue" (IKB for short), with an RGB ratio of 0:47:167, which is sought after by various luxury goods or art brands. Even favored by the British royal family.
Unlike Yves Klein's sudden death, ZIMA witnessed his greatness, created a miracle across the universe, and perfectly planned his own end, which was forever dissipated in the universe. And at this Qingming, I can't help but think about whether we will have a lot to choose our own end and eternity in the future, when future generations want to commemorate us, when we become their ancestors, what kind of scene will be in front of them.
American author David Eagleman talks about death this way:
"There are three kinds of death. The first death is when the functions of your body cease to function. The second death is when your body is transported to the grave. The third death is at some point in the future. Moment, the last time your name was mentioned."
"List of Life"
The following design perfectly demonstrates this triple dissipation. Maybe we don't have a grand and perfect farewell from TIMA, but at least we can have many choices.
Balloon Cemetery
☞ Concept design in Tokyo, Japan
In 2016, the architectural research platform art out loud recruited the "Tokyo Vertical Cemetery Architecture Conceptual Design Competition". With 460 proposals from 54 countries and regions, the final winner is the design team from Chongqing, "Death is not the end. Being forgottenis", death is not the end, forgetting is.
▲ This is a concept similar to the Mexican Day of the Dead, when you are forgotten, you really dissipate. The team's idea is to place the ashes of the deceased in a box in the center of the balloon in a vertical space (the entire component of the balloon can be degraded), with a countdown mechanism underground.
▲The balloon rises slowly. It will stop only when relatives and friends come to pay tribute. As time goes by, the number of visits decreases, and the balloon will rise higher and higher. When no one comes, the balloon will be completely released to express the passing of time. The process of being gradually forgotten, while expressing the mourning of the living for the deceased.
But I personally feel that those hot air balloons flying into the sky seem too lonely, which is more poetic and less human. If I had a choice, the design below looks like a good end point to dissipate without fear of being forgotten.
In Australia, the pioneering project Acacia Remembrance Sanctuary proposed the concept of a natural cemetery. The deceased is buried in biodegradable clothing and combined with nature. The family will obtain a GPS location address and find the location of their loved ones in the park to remember. The fusion of life and life is a new understanding and interpretation of death for human beings.
natural cemetery
☞Acacia Remembrance Sanctuary, in western Sydney
▲ There are various natural landscapes in the park, and there is no longer the coldness of traditional cemeteries. It is the greatest respect and relief for death to see relatives and nature forever integrated into another life.
Is it only the reconciliation with nature, dust to dust, dust to dust, is the best way to pass away, of course not. Easterners who believe in the death of the body and the immortality of the soul have a new choice. At Wansong Temple in Japan, there is a special bone box service. Among them, the concept of LED cemetery was pioneered in the Crystal Palace. In fact, there is not a lot of high technology, but technology is used to provide the soul with an immortal place of belonging.
LED Cemetery
☞The Crystal Palace of Wansongji Temple has been verified by various parties. The information on the Internet is wrong. The Crystal Palace is located in Wansongji Temple, Nagoya, Japan, not Shinjuku, Tokyo.
▲ There is a Buddha statue in the center of the hall, and all the other walls are filled with small Buddha statues and bone boxes, there are more than 200, and the overall color will change with activities such as rituals. The Crystal Palace not only comforts the family, protects the land of the soul, but also exudes a futuristic light.
▲ There are ashes and chips in each box. The family members will remember the Tathagata. After swiping the card, the relative's bone storage box will light up and open automatically. The color of the lamp can be chosen by the family. After 33 years, the bone box will be stored in the public area.
stay by your side
☞ Italian online project
Compared with going to worship every year, if there is a way to stay with your loved ones forever, it is another way to accompany your loved ones. In ancient times, after the deceased people were placed in egg-shaped wooden boxes, the people and wood would be degraded, and replaced by a tree in the sky. Inspired by this, Italian designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel launched the CAPSULA MUNDI project, where people can put the remains of their loved ones in a "capsule" and bury them in the soil, which will grow into a towering tree after a long time.
▲ On the left is a capsule in the form of a personal funeral. You can see the "growth" process of this capsule. However, because people still have different opinions on this, it is only legal in Italy, where the project was launched. According to the team, they are still actively promoting it. And a relatively gentle method: capsule urns are available online all over the world, are made of fully degradable material, buried in the soil, and trees will grow.
▲In the advertisements on the official website, the big trees around you are your relatives. Do not evaluate.
cosmic cemetery
☞ Space, you need to queue and wait for itinerary
Will the soul of the world live forever in the world? Funerals in space seem to offer another answer. This is no longer imaginary, celestis and elysiumspace both provide related services, whether you want to launch in space, the moon or even further galaxies. In the range known to human beings, it touches the border forever. When future generations look up at the starry sky, there are indeed ancestors who bless and shine, and the poetic surpasses all great poems.
▲ One of the advertisements on elysim, you can look up and see your loved ones fly by like shooting stars
▲ The ashes of relatives will be put into space in this special box
Go to the sky, or stay with the one you love, so many ways, which one are you interested in?
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