#the denial of death

[louisegluck]

Louise Glück, from “The Denial of Death.”

[Text ID: “Everything is change, he said, and everything is connected. Also everything returns, but what returns is not what went away⏤”]

#louise glück #winter recipes from the collective #the denial of death #***

[tinyflything]

"Each organism raises its head over a field of corpses, smiles into the sun, and declares life good."

– Ernest Becker 

#The Denial of Death #favorite quote #not my art #personal #brings things into perspective #it's also credited to “Elias Canetti” but i think it's from Becker

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

When we are young we are often puzzled by the fact that each person we admire seems to have a different version of what life ought to be, what a good man is, how to live, and so on. If we are especially sensitive it seems more than puzzling, it is disheartening. What most people usually do is to follow one person's ideas and then another's depending on who looms largest on one's horizon at the time. The one with the deepest voice, the strongest appearance, the most authority and success, is usually the one who gets our momentary allegiance; and we try to pattern our ideals after him. 

But as life goes on we get a perspective on this and all these different versions of truth become a little pathetic. Each person thinks that he has the formula for triumphing over life's limitations and knows with authority what it means to be a man, and he usually tries to win a following for his particular patent. Today we know that people try so hard to win converts for their point of view because it is more than merely an outlook on life: it is an immortality formula. 

~Ernest Becker (Book: The Denial of Death)

[Philo Thoughts]

#Philo Thoughts #Ernest Becker #The Denial of Death #quotes #immortality #mortality

[isnt-it-too-dreamy]

This is the terror: to have emerged from nothing, to have a name, consciousness of self, deep inner feelings, an excruciating inner yearning for life and self-expression—and with all this yet to die.

— Ernest Becker, "The Denial of Death"

#ernest becker #quote #literature #the denial of death #mortality #philosophy #psychology

[crucifiedlovers]

Everything is change...and everything is connected. Also everything returns, but what returns is not what went away—

Louise Glück, “The Denial of Death” from Winter Recipes from the Collective

#louise glück #change #quote #poetry #literature #lit #words #the denial of death #winter recipes from the collective

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

For it isn't death or pain that is frightening, but the fear that we feel in the face of death or pain.

from Discourses by Epictetus

#discourses #epictetus #arrian #stoic #stoicism #philosophy #the denial of death #death #pain #fright #frighten #frightening #fear #feel #in the face of death #in the face of pain

[brulafiore]

We are gods with anuses.

Ernest Becker - The Denial of Death

#quotes #books #antropología #death #life #becker ernest #the denial of death

[tristansherwin]

CHRIST | WHO ARE YOU? (Col. 2:6—15)

CHRIST | WHO ARE YOU? (Col. 2:6-15) 'In a way, we are all like carrots. Like orange carrots selectively bred by Dutch farmers, we all, in some way, select what is important in defining who we are and how we express who we are.'

Here’s my longer sermon notes from this morning’s Metro Christian Centre service (dated 18th June 2023), continuing our series in the letter Colossians. You can also catch up with this via MCC’s YouTube channel (just give us time to get the video uploaded). ‘We are proud individuals, living for the city | but the flames couldn’t go much higher | We find gods and religions to paint us with…

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#Colossians 2 #despair #Ernest Becker #failure #Frankenstein #Identity #Iron Sky #Jean Valjean #Paolo Nutini #Rooted in Jesus #Søren Kierkegaard #Sin #The Denial of Death #The Reason for God #The Sickness Unto Death #Timothy Keller #Who are you #worth

[paddy-garcia-70]

#ernest becker #the denial of death #terror management mechanisms

[mykatzone]

L: Amane-san, what did you think the L stood for?

(someone requested I draw "canon!Misa and fem!L interacting" so behold my vision)

#death note #l lawliet #misa amane #light yagami #katart #comic #(u see the twist is she's bi and loves to lie. the real truth is fem!L is not interested in repressed gay twinks in denial) #genderswap #genderbend #lawmane

[irate-iguana]

BUTTONS IS RESURRECTING HIM NEXT SEASON I WILL NOT CONSIDER OTHERWISE.

#yes i’m in denial what of it? #izzy hands #lucius spriggs #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #original post #meme dump #made this last night just in case. so i’d have the consolation of a meme. just in case. WELL I GUESS THE CASE IS JUST IN

[louisegluck]

Louise Glück, from “The Denial of Death.”

[Text ID: “Do not be sad, he said. You have begun your own journey, not into the world, like your friend’s, but into yourself and your memories. As they fall away, perhaps you will attain that enviable emptiness into which all things flow⏤”]

#louise glück #winter recipes from the collective #the denial of death #***

[incorrect-our-flag-means-death]

Ed, at Izzy’s funeral: I need a moment with him.

Everyone, leaving: Of course.

Ed, leaning over Izzy’s coffin: Okay, listen here you little shit. I know you’re not dead.

Izzy: Yeah, no shit.

#no YOU are in denial of Izzy’s death #denial is a river in egypt #ofmd #our flag means death #incorrect ofmd #incorrect our flag means death #incorrect quotes #ofmd season two #edward teach #blackbeard #gentlebeard #izzy hands #source: perchance generator #see it’s fine #Izzy didn’t die

[ofmd-ann]

1 hour later:

Me on my emotional rollercoaster 🎢

#It's a terrible rollercoaster I do not recommend 0/10 #denial is not just a river in egypt #memes help me deal with my emotions 🙃 #edward teach #ofmd meme #ofmd memes #ofmd #our flag means death

[trobed1989]

saw this post today was was immediately like…yea this is about One Man and One Man Alone.

#anyways i hate him he killed my boyfriend who was also his boyfriend #i keep a poster of him in my closet both as a punishment for his crimes and because well duh #hes in denial #light yagami #yagami light #death note #dn #l lawliet #lawlight #ryuk

[crucifiedlovers]

I see...that you no longer wish to resume your former life, to move, that is, in a straight line as time suggests we do, but rather...in a circle which aspires to that stillness at the heart of things...

Louise Glück, “The Denial of Death” from Winter Recipes from the Collective

#Louise Glück #life #quote #poetry #literature #lit #words #the denial of death #winter recipes from the collective