2010年7月21日

the first class inspiration


Death....

If you can decide, what kind of burial you would like to have?

As what I though about the studio of Deathliness, Decay & Decorum, the first class has led us to a deeper consider of death. to design a death wear is just something that I never think of and the meaning of death wear is also shocked me. The clothes for dead people have the meaning more than clothing, which are the respect of the dead person and important part of the burial. I can say that I have been protected from any burial when I was kid, so I haven't attended to a whole burial of my relatives. That is the reason why I never think of the meaning of the death wear, but now I am getting interested in it. It is such a creation of burial culture.

After watching the video in the class, rather than crying, I think whatever happened in the video is just nature. Death of a person is just a beginning of other's life. It is a very nature life circle that no one can avoid it. I think when we watch the death, should also think about the positive way of death, which is just another meaning of death. The end of life is a start.

That video is a great documentary to show us how to dress up a dead person in the western country. The way of those people dressing death wear is to present a peaceful look and alive mood with specific makeup. It is also a way to release some sadness from the family members of the dead person, because that is last chance to see their important person in their life, it has such a positive impact if that person look as usual as when he or she was alive.

The first class has made me imagine a lot about death and consider what burial culture I should research. Burial is such an important event in the Chinese culture during our 5000 years history.Therefore, I decided to focus on the Chinese burial culture, because burial is known as one of the representation of Chinese spirit. I am looking forward to have some research on the ancient burial in Chinese history. And I will decide which direction of Chinese burial I am taking in this week.
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