DEATH, THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION

(An engraving by Hans Holbein, ‘The Dance of Death’, early 16th Century)

Very recently, I came across several things that redirected my thoughts to an old, familiar subject: the finality of death. More precisely, on youth’s fixation with death as a mysterious, completely beyond-understanding, totally foreign yet alluringly attractive aspect of their destiny.

The first thing that prompted this focus was an article advising older people on how to prepare themselves for death (regarding…