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My tree will have have a part of the bark cleared off, and in that space my face will be painted.
I will have left the strictest orders that the artist will make every effort to make this portrait have the look and quality of a memoriam tattoo. My epitaph will be burned into the tree. It doesn't matter what it says, because I want it to be in an "Old English" font with so many flourishes as to render it illegible.
The tree will also be completely unsuited to whatever area I'm buried in. Wrong soil, wrong climate, wrong immunities. The tree will reflect my in death the twisted and mangled soul I had in life.
The tree will also be completely unsuited to whatever area I'm buried in. Wrong soil, wrong climate, wrong immunities. The tree will reflect my in death the twisted and mangled soul I had in life.
Here are my wishes, should I shuffle off the mortal coil in the unlikely event that I die before gene therapy reaches its inevitable potential and lets us all live forever:
I wish to be cremated, the ashes poured into a freshly dug hole, and in the hole, atop the ash, a sapling of a great tree be planted. Preferably a Canadian Redwood, but anything that grows large and lives long will do.
This tree should be planted in a place where it will be allowed to live for a long time, away from noise and development, a place where a person might reflect, a place where I might be happy to linger for eternity.
The tree should be unmarked and unadorned, no etching of my life or symbol of my death, known only to those who knew me, that this is my tree. The tree should stand alone in a field, with space around that if they so wish, and if immortality eludes them also, the great loves in life, wife, children, friends may be planted with a tree nearby when they also die.
:^: :^: :^: :^: Definitely making its way onto the list of things my family will do besides cremate me!
Except the tree will inevitably be torn down. It will not be sown in an area owned by anyone - it will be in a field that will, some day, fall victim to urban expansion.
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My tree will have have a part of the bark cleared off, and in that space my face will be painted.
I will have left the strictest orders that the artist will make every effort to make this portrait have the look and quality of a memoriam tattoo. My epitaph will be burned into the tree. It doesn't matter what it says, because I want it to be in an "Old English" font with so many flourishes as to render it illegible.
The tree will also be completely unsuited to whatever area I'm buried in. Wrong soil, wrong climate, wrong immunities. The tree will reflect my in death the twisted and mangled soul I had in life.
:^:
:^: :^: :^: :^: Definitely making its way onto the list of things my family will do besides cremate me!
Except the tree will inevitably be torn down. It will not be sown in an area owned by anyone - it will be in a field that will, some day, fall victim to urban expansion.