{ INDEFINATE HIATUS } I am the undertaker

// I am going to be archiving this blog and moving things over to a clean slate. I really miss Mort but there’s just too much clutter here. Further detail to come.

insta | flickr | blog | inspo

Collection of lachrymatorys (or lachrymosas), these tear catchers or tear vials - sometimes worn on a necklace, sometimes merely held - were used to gather the tears wept by mourners at funerals, to hold the tears of people mourning the passing of loved ones. One type of lachrymosa had a special top which allowed the tears to evaporate (signifying the time to stop mourning), others had a sealed top to allow the tears to last for a year, at which point they would be poured on the grave of the person whom the tears were wept for, Victorian era, 19th Century.

4.) The day after Angie died, Mortimer came to Mr. Graves’ funeral parlour to borrow supplies that his father would have ordered, but wasn’t able to before he died. Truth is, he was having numerous attacks at the time and needed to take a break from the embalming. This was before he knew Mortimer Graves. He did not mention his father’s death during this visit.

Peter Cushing | 1957

Cedar Grove Cemetery, a 19th century burial ground in the coastal Connecticut city of New London, in the fog, December 2015.

by Lex Gorlov

Woods of Ypres- I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery (x)

My very first ventures with gouache and I’m really liking it! This is a piece inspired by mourning lockets that were popular during the Victorian era. Inside the lockets people would keep a memento of their deceased loved ones, which was typically a lock of hair. This painting is very small, only 3x3" and displayed in this gorgeous frame!

Anything by Aubrey Beardsley is quirky and sad. It’s like he’s trying to be all ‘memento mori, bitches’.

http://8tracks.com/kisslock/slow-dancing