memento mori

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His so-called “bone temple” is an actualization of his life philosophy, memento mori, which translates from Latin as “Remember you must die.”

From Salon

It is a chronicle, an accounting, a memento mori.

From Salon

Not even “Orange Grove Estates” as a memento mori.

From Los Angeles Times

“All photographs are memento mori,” as Susan Sontag wrote in “On Photography.”

From Los Angeles Times

The intoning of memento mori seeds a joyful duty toward the pursuit of human longevity as an act of grateful humility before the wonder of life.

From Salon