F O R G E T M E N O T
2011
F O R G E T M E N O T
planting flowers on graves
Far away of bounded town cemeteries, where graves need to be planted and attended in a very elaborate way,
in forests that serve as natural cemeteries time has been standing still:
Moss-covered floors, naturally ramified treetops, singing birds or infinite silence allow to think of the dead off the frantic everyday life.
These are places in the absence of human amendment with nameless graves.
But while town cemeteries give the chance to plant flowers or to light candles to show "I was here",
But while town cemeteries give the chance to plant flowers or to light candles to show "I was here",
the possibilities in forest cemeteries are confined.
In reference to the long jewish tradition to lay down pebbles on graves to honour and to our European way of planting flowers on graves, one can now lay down the “Forget-me-not”-pebbles.
They consist of a shell made of natural stone conglomerate with seeds and upwelling soil inside.
When it rains water soaks through the porous shell, the upwelling soil makes it break up and the plant begins to grow.
By that way the natural circle of life won’t get broken and the mourners can express their remembrance.
When it rains water soaks through the porous shell, the upwelling soil makes it break up and the plant begins to grow.
By that way the natural circle of life won’t get broken and the mourners can express their remembrance.
2011
