#MementoMori is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 48 people shared 79 posts with it — around 3 a day. Activity is up 17% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 13 with 6 posts.

Posts with #MementoMori

rhysknightstudio

@rhysknightstudio.bsky.social

7 months ago

Tonight’s study ✍️ #art #drawing #charcoal #darkart #mementomori

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Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

4 months ago

Katabori Netsuke with two skeleton figures boxwood circa 1701-1900 Japan #katabori #3D #netsuke #skeletonfigures #carved #handmade #boxwood #Japan #japanesecraft #mujō #anitya #impermanence #buddhism #buddhistart #mementomori #art #craft #antique #nothingispermanent #philosophy #death #culture

Katabori Netsuke with Two Skeleton Figures. Culture:
Japan, 1701-1900 (Edo- Meiji Period). Material: Wood (boxwood).
Collection: Science Museum Group
Collection, London.
The skeleton motif wasn't a random theme in netsuke art.
These figures symbolized mujõ (*##
7), one of the fundamental concepts of Buddhist philosophy, meaning the impermanence of all things. As one of the Three Marks of Existence in Buddhism, mujo comes from the Sanskrit word anitya and means that nothing is permanent. You can think of it as the Japanese counterpart to the Western concept of memento mori.

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rhysknightstudio

@rhysknightstudio.bsky.social

11 months ago

Memento morí study ✍️ #art #charcoal #drawing #mementomori #artist #sketch

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morinthou

@morinthou.bsky.social

9 months ago

[redacted] #unusannus #cod #repost #mementomori

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🜄 greybriar 🜁

@greybriar.art

over 1 year ago

~All, all of my days~ #darkart #artistonbsky #mementomori #skeleton

A small ink drawing of a human skeleton lying at the bottom of the Atlantic surrounded by seaweed and small fish.
Inspired by Skeleton Cage by the Widow’s Bane :

“And all
All of my days
Are crushed under the waves
And this sweet story of mine
Is lost in an ocean of time“

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Dr Dan O’Brien

@drdan.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Two sides of a memento mori pendant carved from ivory. On one side is a cadaver crawling with worms and amphibians. The other side is a finely dressed woman. From the Wernher Collection at Rangers House #skystorians #mementomori

A cadaver carved from ivory which forms one side of a pendant. The cadaver crawls with worms and different amphibians illustrating its level of decay.

A woman carved from ivory. She is wearing a veil and a chain necklace. Her hands are held together.

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Michelle Cozens

@measureofcalm.bsky.social

about 1 month ago

“It doesn’t take much to remind me what a mayfly I am, what a soap bubble floating over the children’s party.” - Billy Collins #mementomori #ECK #newzealand #photography #tidesouttuesday

Early morning at a low tide beach. The sky is deep blue with horizontal clouds, both of which are reflected in the wet sand.

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Dr Dan O’Brien

@drdan.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

A skeleton with dart and hourglass on the copper halfpenny token of John Morse of Watford, 1666. The cheerful presence of death is a pun as 'mors' sounds quite similar to 'morse’ (From British Museum) #mementomori #skystorians

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Dr Dan O’Brien

@drdan.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

A delftware plate with the message 'You and I are earth' reminding us of our own mortality with the message. 1661. One of my favourite memento mori items - it was found in a London sewer and is now in the collection of the London Museum #mementomori #skystorians