Q+A: : Death and Dying in the Modern Age
There is no more universal truth in life than death. No matter who you are, it is certain that one day you will die, but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today’s modern age. Sparrow asked our friends, family and people we admire to join the conversation about death and dying. Read about their broader look on how we die today, from the cellular level up to the very definition of death itself.
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Q&A: Death and Dying in the Modern Age- Amber Carvaly
Don’t live as if there is “no tomorrow, cuz if there is one you’ll deal with those consequences!” But live today in a way where you are not worried about what other people are going to say about you tomorrow.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
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MT Carney
It is ok to be sad, don’t run from it but instead, walk through it.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
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Leona Walton
I’d like to be celebrated through images and films, through audio somehow. After, I’d like everyone to go outside and enjoy my presence emanating through the sunlight.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Theron Long
I want my funeral to be as jubilant as my wedding. I want lots of dancing, laughter and memorable toasts.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Diana Darling
Believe that you are surrounded by your loved ones and that they are still watching out for you...keep your eyes open for small miracles that they send you.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Keith King
Open casket wake? Burial? Cremation?
I don’t want any of these things because I do not want to be dead and it is scary. But I guess I’d want to be cremated.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Sara Apple Maliki
Everyone will have to wear couture to my funeral. Then the people closest to me will have to mourn for a year like 19th century Sicilian widows. The more drama the better.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Rubyrose Hill
Everything will be white and light and really beautiful. There will probably be candy for people to eat their feelings.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Curtis Kulig
Start me on fire throw my ashes in the ocean
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Death and Dying
in the Modern
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Kimona Venieri
I would like to live long enough to decide who my grandchildren will marry.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Jodi Sweetbaum
The world is big and you are a part of it - live it.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Brandon Hartley
I want live performers at my funeral, if that's not an option then a 4 hour pre-death mix that I prepared specifically for the occasion on loop.
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Keire Johnson
I personally believe that no one but animals and babies go to heaven so if I got to go, I’d be really confused haha
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Martin Hyers
I want to be buried in a mushroom suit in my work pants and boots in a plywood coffin. (If I have some warning I will build it myself).
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Death and Dying
in the Modern Age
with
Elizabeth Blitzer
Ghosts is a strong word. I totally think there are spirits and energies—semantics.