04-08-2015, 08:48 PM
When I was in school (university) I took a philosophy class on Death and Dying. The first part of it was exploring how various cultures handle death. It was really interesting and I learned that us Americans like to make death into a very neat and tidy package. (for example we embalm the bodies) I was able to understand what the professor was trying to teach us because I had lived in Greece for several years and had experienced several deaths in a very different way from the way I knew it at home.
My first experience with death in Jamaica really knocked my socks off. It was so hard to fathom things like how they made Tshirts for the funeral and took pictures of the corpse. I also learned that crying meant weakness and it was not really something I should be doing in public. (Oh how I longed to wail like they do in Greece ) It was really disturbing and I had to keep telling myself that I am in another country and I can only watch not judge.
Porn at age 12 - Now that is just so sad.
My first experience with death in Jamaica really knocked my socks off. It was so hard to fathom things like how they made Tshirts for the funeral and took pictures of the corpse. I also learned that crying meant weakness and it was not really something I should be doing in public. (Oh how I longed to wail like they do in Greece ) It was really disturbing and I had to keep telling myself that I am in another country and I can only watch not judge.
Porn at age 12 - Now that is just so sad.