Friday, September 1, 2017

Beckley, West Virginia

The Cemetery as an Aviary:  The dove may have deep and resonant Biblical roots, but not the hummingbird. These flower-suckers makes no appearance in the Bible, yet their popularity in tombstone art has risen steadily. Is it because the hummingbird symbolizes busy-ness (hardly a hallmark of cemeteries)? Or, is it because hummingbirds are so common in the suburbs where most Americans now live? Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. [2014]


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