tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post9097401455080373104..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: It’s Your FuneralJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-76650272417927747512014-12-28T14:31:57.870-05:002014-12-28T14:31:57.870-05:00I like the phrase 'funeral kitsch'. Yes, m...I like the phrase 'funeral kitsch'. Yes, most people are uncomfortable talking about death and dying but thanks to Death Cafes, The Order of the Good Death and Death Salons, more people are embracing what is inevitable and plan proactively for it. As for the funeral kitsch, here is an honorable mention: the anatomical heart pendant - http://www.artisurn.com/collections/novelty-urn-jewelry/products/anatomically-stylized-heart-pendant.Irinahttp://www.artisurn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-39343971122463921812009-11-03T22:50:04.453-05:002009-11-03T22:50:04.453-05:00I remember after my mom died, they tried to sell u...I remember after my mom died, they tried to sell us on getting some of her ashes turned into a diamond. A DIAMOND.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-61970028559776782232009-11-02T14:15:13.494-05:002009-11-02T14:15:13.494-05:00Bring on the funeral kitsch! What took so long? ...Bring on the funeral kitsch! What took so long? <br />A death is one person, a funeral is a gathering of people for that one person. No funeral should be the same. <br /><br />I have seen and felt firsthand the benefits of hosting a truly personal and unique funeral/memorial for a special person. <br />for more interesting reading.. check out funeralideas.comThe Undertakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179856470395068550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-46209134915418562412009-11-02T13:20:23.550-05:002009-11-02T13:20:23.550-05:00Americans certainly are getting over their social ...Americans certainly are getting over their social anxiety about departing from norms and tradition, but they haven't really gotten over their anxiety about departing from this planet. If anything, our anxiety over death has only increased in the past century as science increasingly gives even the believers in an afterlife pause.<br /><br />So what do we do? We make fun of death. Horror films, Halloween, etc. These are all ways of trying to make light of the undeniable reality of our own mortality. I see the race car urn in the same way. "Sure, I'm a pile of ashes, but at least I'm in my favorite NASCAR car."<br /><br />It puts everyone at ease. Obviously it makes no difference to the corpse who is now more relaxed than he or she has ever been, but for those who are expecting death and those who go to the funeral, it can certainly help. And so you get an industry of funeral kitsch (I can't believe I'm even putting those two words together in a sentence) to accommodate that desire to laugh in the face of inevitability.Man of Lettershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762106110984270353noreply@blogger.com