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"Problem:
No people who turn their backs on death can be alive. The presence of the dead among the living will be a daily fact in any society which encourages its people to live.
Solution:
Never build massive cemeteries. Instead, allocate pieces of land throughout the community as grave sites - corners of parks, sections of paths, gardens, beside gateways - where memorials to people who have died can be ritually placed with inscriptions and mementos which celebrate their life....
.... Give each grave site an edge, a path, and a quiet corner where people can sit. By custom, this is hallowed ground." Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander