Darkness Creeps in
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟. 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑛. 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑛. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠. 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠, 𝑏𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠. 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑡. 𝐼𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.
Slide 1:
I’ve Got the Morbs (postcard mini-print)
Source: Lucretia by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Oil on canvas. 1672
Slide 2:
Death and Impermanence (postcard mini-print)
Source: Young woman holding a skull in her hands. Artist and year unknown.
Slide 3:
Memento Mori (postcard mini-print)
Source: Pearl of Grief by Mary Jane Peale. Oil on canvas. 1855
