until the day-that-the-edifices-of-modern-civilization-crumble-to-the-ground-and-mail-is-no-longer-deliverable-in-these-united-states, i will maintain a subscription to three magazines - harpers, tapeop, and national geographic. this month's national geo is really amazing. one article in particular talks about mummified animals that were buried with egyptian royalty three thousand years ago. the mummies themselves are amazing works of art - made all the more improbable and moving by the fact that they have survived in such wonderful states of preservation for such a long period of time! the above photo was the only one available for download, but you should check the rest
besides that, fall descends gently and steadily on new york city. soft carpets of bright yellow leaves and the arrival of dusk noticeably early in the cool days
Although unrelated to mummification specifically, your reference to these artifacts as pieces of art reminded me of mourning jewelery. Lockets, braids of hair, or even inherited tokens of the the recently deceased. This is nothing of a new idea but is more recently contemporized by this designer, Anna Schwamborn. Check out her pieces here: http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/23/mourning-objects-by-anna-schwamborn. Makes me contemplate how I will grieve when the time comes. Thanks for the photos. Beautiful.
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