Me Want!
I collect skulls. I like them. I'm not so much of a whole skeleton fan, I tend to stick to the skull. Here is my next purchase.
Many people have asked, "why skulls?" I find them to be very beautiful. The skull houses the brain, something no living human can do without (except lawyers and traffic cops), and therefore I believe the essence of a person remains in the skull after they die. I'm not the only one as many cultures take, clean, and display skulls of their loved ones.
Their form is beautiful - the thin mouth and jaw, the roundness of the skull, the teeth or holes where teeth were - a silent testament to who that person was. I like the smoothness of the surface. To me they are not a reminder that death is eminent, but rather a symbol of how we shall remain forever. We are gone, our skulls prove we existed.
I do not have any REAL skulls, one can get arrested trying to buy those for private use. At the least I'd end up on some FBI "watch" list. Besides, I don't want just any skull. If my parents wouldn't mind I'd keep them on the mantle after they pass on. (Just so you know, they mind.)
I plan on keeping my pets skulls, but at this time they are still using them. Nope, my skulls are decorative, often replicas of famous skulls - the crystal skull, the tribal skull, so on.
I'd love to have a replica of the Omega Skull, but them babies cost a pretty penny.
If anyone has a skull they don't want anymore give me a jingle.
Many people have asked, "why skulls?" I find them to be very beautiful. The skull houses the brain, something no living human can do without (except lawyers and traffic cops), and therefore I believe the essence of a person remains in the skull after they die. I'm not the only one as many cultures take, clean, and display skulls of their loved ones.
Their form is beautiful - the thin mouth and jaw, the roundness of the skull, the teeth or holes where teeth were - a silent testament to who that person was. I like the smoothness of the surface. To me they are not a reminder that death is eminent, but rather a symbol of how we shall remain forever. We are gone, our skulls prove we existed.
I do not have any REAL skulls, one can get arrested trying to buy those for private use. At the least I'd end up on some FBI "watch" list. Besides, I don't want just any skull. If my parents wouldn't mind I'd keep them on the mantle after they pass on. (Just so you know, they mind.)
I plan on keeping my pets skulls, but at this time they are still using them. Nope, my skulls are decorative, often replicas of famous skulls - the crystal skull, the tribal skull, so on.
I'd love to have a replica of the Omega Skull, but them babies cost a pretty penny.
If anyone has a skull they don't want anymore give me a jingle.
posted by Barbarian02003 | Thursday, February 01, 2007
3 Comments:
I have an enormous noggin, so mine would be quite the center piece.
I have this really cool skull mug. It's huge, holding almost an entire liter of liquid. I don't collect skulls but I have a few (they are fake of course).
I also like collecting canopic jars but I only have two of the four. If you don't know what those are, they are what the Egyptians pyramid-builders used to house the human organs after embalming. They have been found in every pyramid for centuries. Do a Google search and check them out, you’ll probably like them too; we have similar tastes.
Grunt - please leave me your head in your will. I work with chemistry, so technically you would be donating your noggin to science.
Darth - Too cool. Before this I'd only seen them in the Mummy movies.
Nana - We'll see what happens.
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