{"product_id":"memento-mori-deck","title":"Memento Mori Deck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMemento mori—Latin for “remember you will die”—is often paired with memento vivere—“remember to live.” The concept of memento mori dates back to antiquity, probably most famously introduced in Plato’s Phaedo, which recounts the last moments of Socrate’s life as he ponders his imminent death. The principle of “remembering death” appears throughout history in all cultures around the globe—from Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, the Celtic Samhain, the calaveras of Dia de los Muertos, the artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe, to the words of Odin in the Hávamál. Death, after all, is the great equalizer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens after death is irrelevant. Whether you believe in reincarnation, heaven and hell, or returning to the soil to nourish the earth, before that final moment there is the now. There is only this life, this moment that you are living now, and life is merely the passage of time that ends with death. Acknowledging that fact is freeing. It removes fear of the unknown, allows you to embrace life in the here and now, and increases your confidence in what is uniquely “you”—that you are not a thing in the process of “becoming” in the future but you are fully everything, now.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMemento mori can communicate fragility of life, defiance of death, revelry of love, embrace of freedom, or the insignificance of vanity and materialism. Memento mori is whatever you make it: What do you need to focus on to be here now?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe message of memento mori is most often communicated through symbols and artistic objects. In classical memento mori artworks, you will find skulls, hourglasses, clocks, candles, fruit, and flowers—all things that symbolize impermanence and the passage of time. Our memento mori cards take a different spin and follow one trope only—the skeleton—through mundane moments of the here and now, reminding us to embrace and contemplate the present moment. Sometimes humorous and light-hearted, our skeletons are the perfect purveyors of the message—neither male nor female, racially invisible, these skeletons are stripped bare to what is the core of us all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese cards are meant as life-affirming messages to seize the day and live each moment to its fullest, to love those around us more deeply, enjoy our work and daily activities more fully, see beauty in all things, and embrace fearlessness as we encounter the unknown.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JDM Jewels","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45300012875799,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/9878\/2272\/files\/6A6C3758-7D30-4EE3-BC5A-00739A4DD593.jpg?v=1784048642","url":"https:\/\/jdmjewels.com\/products\/memento-mori-deck","provider":"JDM Jewels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}