RE: Visions of Death - Introduction and Chapter 1: Decay, Fragility and Transience

Or is there something more tragic and compelling when a beautiful young woman does?

Yes, As goth idol and raven fan boy Edgar Allan Poe once wrote: “The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.” He died the year the Pre-Raphaelites were coming into bloom. While I do not think there is a formal link, this was certainly a feature of that era of creativity.

I do wonder if there is the fetishisation of the loss of fertility when it is a young woman, and man therefore is compelled to a greater urgency to procreate? Perhaps a far flung evolutionary link to literature?

men in tractors are behind glass in air conditioned cabins.

This is a powerful image to simply think upon, let alone go into the enormous depth that I could (and kind of want to). I think, what does decay look like in the future?

We've only had rubbish tips for a short period of time in human history. What damage have we done by concentrating waste in a single spot, depriving the Earth of the natural waste that would otherwise fall where it may?