Grief
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Portraits of Death and the Skeletons
The skull and corpse is probably also meant to sort of deflect any accusations of vanity. It's really questionable to what extent these images did actually succeed in keeping death in people's minds. You know, in theory, it was meant to inspire meditation on your life. And other objects around the home could do that too, like your bed sos advice am,. a ballad of 15 80 says, when you lie in your bed at night, think of the blankets as the mound of earth that will cover you.
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