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An image from Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Welsh funeral ritual of handing out food and drink over the coffin of the departed.

A 19th century engraving of a family handing out food to neighbors over the boxed coffin between them.

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bbowman
bbowman

@ablerism such a stimulating book! I read it months ago and it still provokes my subconscious at times...

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JohnBrady
JohnBrady

@ablerism An open coffin, too!

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tinyroofnail
tinyroofnail

@ablerism A year and a half ago I was in eastern Ukraine for over a month with no cell phone and one book: The Gift.

I was quite happy 🙂

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ablerism
ablerism

@tinyroofnail I bet! So much to consider.

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ablerism
ablerism

@bbowman Agree!!

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