Thursday, July 10, 2008

Get a piece of the rock


















You know your loved ones are going to be totally, utterly crushed after your death, inconsolable for at least six or seven weeks, most of the purpose drained from their now-empty existence. They’ll have nothing left of you but photos, memories, possibly 30 squalid seconds of low-quality footage that they found in your digital camera and wish they could mentally erase, and the recording of your voice on a cell phone or answering machine. (Oh, right, and all your personal property and debts.) Time could ease this pain, allowing them to get on with their lives, but now you can rest assured that will never, ever happen.

You can see how happy Shirleen is. Her beloved Kenny is available with a wheel option, so she can truly have him with her at all times. That’s because Kenny was thoughtful enough to arrange for the creation and delivery of this extra-special memorial sculpture. Imagine Shirleen’s surprise when he first showed up! Kenny continues to comfort her, even in death. He’s been gone for almost seventeen years, but she can still reach up and pat his cheek every morning, just the way she used to.

Life is strange and mysterious, and often little things touch us most – ever notice that? The smallest gesture can move us in amazing, emotionally immense ways. Similarly, little things may have the strongest power to soothe—hand-on-hand contact, loving glances, or simply the sense of someone’s presence. There’s also the indentation of a head on a pillow. We’re not here to judge.

Cast in bronze from one’s actual corpse (a procedure which must take place within 24 hours of death regardless of climate), these slightly-larger-than-life sculptures provide at least a century’s worth of memories for the loved ones you leave behind, with a full money-back guarantee available by the year 2058.

Note: if left outside, bronze will develop a greenish verdigris coating which many find slightly ghoulish and remove. All we can say is: just imagine the possibilities. And then imagine a few more!