20 Quotes on The Nature and Meaning of Death
Death is a subject most of us hope to avoid—though none of us will be entirely successful at this evasion. It is, however, a moving, though stern teacher, admonishing us to pay closer attention to the seemingly meaningless moments that fill out our days and give definition to our lives. Just as a work of art is given shape and beauty by its negative space, our lives also find form and purpose in the “dark”, “negative”, or “empty” moments of our lives.
Kamal Ravikant on Living with Purpose
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Stanford Medicine Scientists Discover One Way to Possibly Predict Mortality
Stanford study looks at the impact of aging on the brain and mortality
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One of the latest studies exploring longevity and the science of aging has led to a Stanford-based team of researchers developing a blood-based indicator of the age of our organs.
“With this indicator, we can assess the age of an organ today and predict the odds of your getting a disease associated with that organ 10 years later,” Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, professor of neurology and neurological sciences at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and senior author of the study, told the Stanford Medicine News Center.
The study, published in Nature Medicine July of 2025, goes on to show that the biological age of one organ, the brain, plays a considerable role in predicting how long you have left to live.
25 Quotes About Black Humor, Bright Spirits
People deeply acquainted with the loneliness of long illness, the devastation of sudden death, the heaviness of traumatic loss, or the all-consuming nature of grief know that it takes more than human strength to cope; it takes humor, patience, grit, determination, and above all, the willingness to recognize that sometimes the seriousness of life is just too much to take.
Surviving the darkest of times requires catching glimmers of light. Laughter and the comfort of a shared moment with someone who knows and understands what you’re going through right now is one of life’s most generous blessings.
Please take a moment to reflect on the wisdom, wit, and warm glow of these 25 Quotes About Black Humor, Bright Spirits by Famous Voices Who Faced the Darkness with a Smile.
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Mike Egan, a Visual Artist and Funeral Director, Tackles the Poetry and Reality of Death Through Art
As an artist and funeral director, Mike Egan has a unique perspective on death.
image credit: Mike Egan
First inspired by the oeuvre of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the tattooed Pittsburgh native depicts death as colorful and graphic because his work is really about life — death being inseparable from it — and a catalyst to live it fully.
As Egan states on his website, “I always like to remind myself that death is coming for me and that life is for living and doing what I love.”
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