Where do we go when we die? It’s a simple and profoundly human question. Simple enough for a child to ask. Profound enough to drive humanity as a whole to every corner of our civilization and back again.
Hehe – It never stuck me as important. “Not my chair, not my problem” as Dan Deacon says. I’m not around to care – after I die. And, no one really knows, cause no one comes back.[I believe in Jesus – that’s another post]
No one comes back… yet we treat dead bodies LIKE they do. Mummies meant to last eternity in metal and plastic boxes and filled with chemicals. The most natural of human functions (next to taxes!) couldn’t be farther from being NATURAL.
So, it’s a problem, yeah? It is. And, Jae has a solution.
Mushrooms.
I imagine the Infinity Mushroom as a symbol of a new way of thinking about death and the relationship between my body and the environment. (Jae Rhim Lee)
Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit | Video on TED.com.