A new comprehension is needed, of the typology of a site for mourning, of committal - to recognise death. We have moved our lives to the city - but our deaths are separated ever further in the land, under the hill or tree.
We have altered our practices and our rituals in tune with the progress of technology and the fashion of the times, but our simple need to reconcile death with life remains the same. This cannot be done by pushing the dead to the nearest strip of grass on the outskirts of the city.
Let us not cobble together some cold industrial process to faded images of our cultural heritage, but use technology to create a memorial that truly responds to the needs of our psychology. The memorial must respect our culture, in which our psychology is rooted, and in respect to our culture, bring that memorial back to where we live - into the city.
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NAGASAKI GRAVEYARD photo by dsankt via sleepycity.org |
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