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Memento Mori, for the Occult themed swap for Ten Paces and Draw. See the sketch this is based on and catch up on all the recent swaps at @tenpacesanddraw #tenpacesanddraw

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Memento Mori by Henrik Hondius from 1626

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"... If you die before you die, then you won't die when you die." Inscribed on a wall inside St Paul's Monastery, Mount Athos "For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it." Matthew 16:25, Douay-Rheims

How can a skull on your desk change your life? By keeping your perspective sharply attuned to how quickly life passes, and what is truly important.

Twice this week I have learned of the death of an acquaintance. I hesitate to say "friend" because neither of these people were friends in a close sense: