tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post349578658759920671..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: Dead EyesGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-73770303309281453282015-06-08T04:55:26.516-07:002015-06-08T04:55:26.516-07:00I would think your idea is quite interesting.. wha...I would think your idea is quite interesting.. what about those glass-eyes watching, maybe the hypocrites would stay away from the staring eyes of their former enemy.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-82557589734901154662015-04-08T20:38:16.164-07:002015-04-08T20:38:16.164-07:00Make another installment of Weekend at Bernies, al...Make another installment of Weekend at Bernies, almost. Grins ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-47184613710106363932015-04-01T21:22:49.479-07:002015-04-01T21:22:49.479-07:00An interesting take on the whole funeral thing. I...An interesting take on the whole funeral thing. I half considered becoming an undertaker for a while...just one of those interesting curves in life's road...but then the road curved again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-24302977463387598182015-04-01T14:40:21.166-07:002015-04-01T14:40:21.166-07:00Ha! Sounds like the comedy "Life with Bernie...Ha! Sounds like the comedy "Life with Bernie"...at least that name is in the title. I think we have to make light of the solemness of funerals, change them altogether..speaking of dead eyes, Johnny Depp has the most alive pair of eyes I've ever seen, but fun to use him as a parody as the cross-eyed pirate who escapes death like a cat.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-84069543810437681672015-04-01T12:23:50.078-07:002015-04-01T12:23:50.078-07:00Playful humor about a tough job. NicePlayful humor about a tough job. NiceSabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-55972823950193941682015-04-01T11:53:49.894-07:002015-04-01T11:53:49.894-07:00It's interesting but having attended several f...It's interesting but having attended several funerals in the last few years, I realize that it's the funeral attendants who provide lots of comfort because of their apparent understanding of grief, or merely because they've been trained to feign caring. I wonder if the morticians were compassionate but considering they're dealing with dead flesh, it doesn't matter to me. I enjoyed reading your post. I like the good humor. I prefer a cremation for myself. People can dwell on their memories and not see themselves in my glass eyes. <br /><br />Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-6697903318585201052015-04-01T08:27:29.115-07:002015-04-01T08:27:29.115-07:00I decided on no viewing and cremation after going ...I decided on no viewing and cremation after going to a few traditional funerals and viewing the corpses of relatives. I was appalled at the attempts to make them look alive... they weren't, why pretend? I was also totally creeped out by a guy I worked with once who was a mortician in training. He had bangs and wore makeup... one day he confided that his favorite subjects were young men and women... I know (I think) that that's not typical, but I'm not taking any chances. : )<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-76292657553763753442015-04-01T05:51:16.802-07:002015-04-01T05:51:16.802-07:00That is just an amazing piece ...so much going on ...That is just an amazing piece ...so much going on here and some great dark humour here. And that last line! Great stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-76738279733821998422015-03-31T22:46:13.801-07:002015-03-31T22:46:13.801-07:00Ah.. yes the Mortician is a special man or woman.....Ah.. yes the Mortician is a special man or woman.. who loves life much more than fears death.. otherwise that job cannot be his or hers.. alive or dead..:)<br /><br />And yes.. the idea of sparkly gem eyes of the dead.. is a rather uncanny effect for me.. i think.. i'll stick with cremation.. as ashes are only canny in a can...;)Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-84750803011218786262015-03-31T21:58:59.793-07:002015-03-31T21:58:59.793-07:00Love the juxtaposition you paint here....horrors o...Love the juxtaposition you paint here....horrors of war vs. the tenderness of man...sanity vs. insanity.C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-3256697554417184592015-03-31T20:47:13.093-07:002015-03-31T20:47:13.093-07:00Yes, life is seen in the eyes, Glenn. You may enj...Yes, life is seen in the eyes, Glenn. You may enjoy this blog, Confessions of a Funeral Director: http://www.calebwilde.comlynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-28063195468478839322015-03-31T17:49:27.215-07:002015-03-31T17:49:27.215-07:00This is great--and thank you for the reminder abou...This is great--and thank you for the reminder about China Beach.Dust Jhttp://dustywrites.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-88528474748336786172015-03-31T17:14:33.660-07:002015-03-31T17:14:33.660-07:00You know this reminds me of something my grandmoth...You know this reminds me of something my grandmother told me as a child. She told me if you want to know someone look into their eyes, for the eyes are the mirror of the soul. I remember looking into my grandmother's eyes and thinking she is a wise woman. I said to her what do you see in my eyes? She said I see a soul who is compassionate and will be a great seer. To this day I look into the eyes as the eyes tell the real story.<br /><br />I believe the eyes are closed upon death as the soul as left the body and moved on to another realm in the skyworld.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-15189423134550668442015-03-31T14:53:00.155-07:002015-03-31T14:53:00.155-07:00I never thought about this but it might scare a lo...I never thought about this but it might scare a lot of people smiles ~ I like the perspective of the mortician being compassionate even to the dead person ~ The job scares me so I can imagine it takes a certain mindset to carry out the job~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-30070060402924752392015-03-31T12:59:31.510-07:002015-03-31T12:59:31.510-07:00Wow. I am in the process of working on a poem, De...Wow. I am in the process of working on a poem, Death in a Small Town....my cousin is a mortician. he is very kind. Once, when we were in a rather "enlightened" state, he confessed to me how he talked to them, how he would touch their hair to soothe and comfort them in an unfamiliar place. there was an excellent series on HBO, Six Fix Under....the last 10 minutes of the last show of the series was one of the most remarkable things I have viewed on TV...this is an excellent poem - dark but so very real.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05470561916200090354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-11497717843950340582015-03-31T12:53:52.949-07:002015-03-31T12:53:52.949-07:00I'd much rather remember someone as how they w...I'd much rather remember someone as how they were alive... I've attended one funeral in life - at 12yrs old. my grandma's husband, I wish she had more time with him. Sweet man, almost like a grandpa to me... it was an open casket and I cried like a baby when I went up to view the body... oy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359959975341890512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-59612622072176695582015-03-31T12:42:15.961-07:002015-03-31T12:42:15.961-07:00I LOVE the idea of propping the body up in the cas...I LOVE the idea of propping the body up in the casket, the better to enjoy the occasion. I smiled through this, Glenn, and am almost serious in thinking your version of a funeral is better than the conventional one. In old times, First Nations people propped the bodies of the deceased up on the crotches of trees........I wouldnt mind being thus disposed, in an old growth forest!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-78601139219757047652015-03-31T12:36:45.314-07:002015-03-31T12:36:45.314-07:00I, too, prefer closed caskets & cremation. My ...I, too, prefer closed caskets & cremation. My very dark humor reigned roughshod over this poem; but without levity, we quickly descend into chaos & depression. Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-91120694951107156732015-03-31T12:25:11.238-07:002015-03-31T12:25:11.238-07:00Interesting profession you chose, Glenn. I once h...Interesting profession you chose, Glenn. I once had a student (6th grade) who was a mortician's daughter. They lived above the funeral home. I thought this would be creepy. It did not phase her. Really I like the idea of closed caskets or cremations. I do prefer to remember how people looked when they were alive. (And, ha, I have always been glad that eyes were closed...ifI had to look at dead eyes.)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-40362378360675437962015-03-31T12:23:37.111-07:002015-03-31T12:23:37.111-07:00Haha! Have you seen the marvelous movie "Dep...Haha! Have you seen the marvelous movie "Departures"?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-62842385601688523342015-03-31T12:15:32.640-07:002015-03-31T12:15:32.640-07:00def. it needs a special mindset to choose such a p...def. it needs a special mindset to choose such a profession i think - for me i always thought of it as some kind of grace to close the eyes of a person who just diedClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-51972317918933569962015-03-31T12:07:37.319-07:002015-03-31T12:07:37.319-07:00You certainly dealt with an unusual job. I wonder ...You certainly dealt with an unusual job. I wonder how many people really choose to be morticians. At the same time, the thought that some men and women might choose this profession is quite reassuring. I also like how you link eyes and life.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.com