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Watercolors by kelogsloops Traverse the Emotional Terrain of Love and Loss

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Watercolors by kelogsloops Traverse the Emotional Terrain of Love and Loss
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Conceptually, memento mori has been around for millennia. Ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates and Seneca reflected upon the nature of mortality in ancient Greece. And during Roman triumphs, a handful of accounts document how a general would be accompanied by a companion or a slave who was tasked with reminding him he would eventually perish.



We often think of memento mori visually in relation to Dutch Golden Age paintings, where skulls or rotting fruit surrounded by insects served as rem

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