This category contains references to the subject matter of death.
Death is one of the universal constants that no one can escape. Knowing this, many philosophers have emphasized the need for us to enjoy life while we can and make the most of it. Unfortunately, some rock and rollers do not share this philosophy, and advocate non-life affirming values.
Some musicians try to glamorize and romanticize death, particular violent forms of death like brutal murders and suicide. One wonders if they would sing this way if they had visited the aftermath’s of a Serbian/Bosnian death camp; an Algerian or Chiapas village massacre; or Cambodian killing field? Would they have the courage to talk to survivors of these ordeals or the families of the victims? Would they still glamorize and romanticize death, if it was their child who was brutally murdered or died from suicide, and not somebody else's?
Life presents people with a multitude of options and alternatives to choose from. In addition, people have the ability to influence in some manner everything they come in contact with. Over a life time a person has the ability to create immense goodwill in their lives and others. Or they have the ability to create destruction and havoc in their lives and others. Over a life time these actions and impacts can have enormous impact on the continuum.
When a person dies, their impacts and actions become final. The legacy is irreversible. What types of impacts do we imprint upon our lives and others every single day? What will be our own personal legacy to others when we die?
People are presented with a choice of waking up each day and focusing on the positive or the negative. How do each of these two approaches differ in impact and outcome, and who benefits?