Comments on Chick With A Quill: Stop! It is Here, the Empire of Death

Lena, I’m glad you enjoyed the tour. Thank you for...

2009-08-18T09:03:35.818-03:00

Lena, I’m glad you enjoyed the tour. Thank you for your kind words.

Caryn, thanks! Such mysterious, intriguing places have always attracted me…

Akasha, I’m glad you enjoyed this. Thank you!

Kaye, yes, “death is the great equalizer”... How right you are. I’m pleased you found this interesting. Thank you, my friend.

Sarah, it makes you want to live more intensely but at the same time it gives you a much more peaceful perspective for the end… Maybe it’s in the numbers, in the conveyed knowledge that you’re not on your own, that it happens to everybody… Thank you for your kind words.
xoxoxo

Thank you, Vanilla! A strange place, of a sad, quiet beauty…
xoxoxo

Marsha, thank you for visiting my blog and welcome! Surprisingly less freaky than one would think… :-)

Marilyn, I hope I didn’t scare you! :-)

I was always too scared to go to the catacombs, Ve...

2009-08-13T16:20:44.846-03:00

I was always too scared to go to the catacombs, Vesper. Now I feel as though I were there! :)

Wow!! that would be incredible to see and a litle ...

2009-08-11T14:05:18.680-03:00

Wow!! that would be incredible to see and a litle freaky.

What a fascinating post, Vesper! You've conveyed ...

2009-08-10T06:14:53.550-03:00

What a fascinating post, Vesper! You've conveyed the sense of the place so richly. It really does seem to invoke so many thoughts and feelings. xx

This was marvelously conveyed, Vesper. I really f...

2009-08-07T21:06:36.716-03:00

This was marvelously conveyed, Vesper. I really felt like I was walking beside you in the darkness.

I didn't make it to the catacombs, and regret it. I did see some in Rome, however, and I had the same sense of equanimity and reverence. We are all equal in the end, and it makes you want to breathe in all the life you can, before we reach that point.

I'm so eager to see your next post now! This one was truly great. :)

Vesper, what a remarkable post. I found myself re...

2009-08-06T23:29:41.113-03:00

Vesper, what a remarkable post. I found myself reading and re-reading several times. I have read about the catacombes, but you really brought them to life! (pun intended) Yes, death is the great equalizer. The bones of the celebrated and unknown all pressed together in a macabre collage!

Wow Vesper...what an interesting post, your photos...

2009-08-06T18:00:53.025-03:00

Wow Vesper...what an interesting post, your photos are amazing. Thanks for sharing. :)

That was really cool and absolutely fascinating. I...

2009-08-06T17:10:12.011-03:00

That was really cool and absolutely fascinating. I've always been curious about the catacombs. It was really nice to read a first-hand account of them - complete with pictures.

that's really a wonderful post. The way you descri...

2009-08-06T12:28:27.528-03:00

that's really a wonderful post. The way you describe it, makes you want to be there and see the things with your very own eyes.
Thanks for this tour :)

Mark, I’m glad you found this interesting. No drea...

2009-08-05T13:40:54.519-03:00

Mark, I’m glad you found this interesting. No dread at all, indeed. On the Internet, some speak of ghosts in that place, but I don’t think it’s appropriate. As you say, I had the feel of matter, regardless of to whom or to what it belongs…

Cat, yes, awesome and I’m glad you liked the virtual tour. Who knows who that person was?... Interesting to think of that…and at the same time I find interesting that no matter what we are, what we think, what our souls are while we’re alive, when we reach this point we are all the same.
Ah, and I love all that’s Baroque.

Charles, you should go, not just for that but for the whole. I don’t know if you’ve been to Europe, but it’s a completely different perspective from North America.

I’m glad this interested you, Geraldine! *hugs*

I hope they do, Rick… :-) I also hope they have inherited that sparkle that keeps the interest alive…

Karen, I couldn’t go to the ones in Rome – next time! - and I didn’t know there were some in Naples. As far as I know the ones in Rome are of a different nature though, being linked to the early Christianism.

L.A., I’m glad you liked this post. It opens interesting venues for the imagination… Several authors mention the catacombs in their novels, among them Victor Hugo, Anne Rice, Umberto Eco.

LW, getting lost in there would be quite scary… (not to mention probably fatal) But we can get lost in our imagination…

Jason, I thought of you and your cemetery posts when I posted this… I’m glad you enjoyed the tour. Yes, a very powerful experience. I’m still thinking of it and feel overwhelmed…

Bernard, well, sometimes to live vicariously is good enough… :-)

Aniket, I’m sure you’ll see it with your own eyes one day if you want to… You can certainly use the pic. A writing prompt you say? Hmmm, interesting… :-)

Thanks a million for the tour. I so wanna see it w...

2009-08-04T05:11:52.630-03:00

Thanks a million for the tour. I so wanna see it with my own eyes.

And I loved the pics. Can I use the skull pic as a writing prompt, if you dont mind?

Thanks Vesper, your word tour was as close as I ca...

2009-08-03T10:15:25.948-03:00

Thanks Vesper, your word tour was as close as I care to visit. :)

Wonderful post! Thank you so much for the tour. ...

2009-08-02T13:15:53.706-03:00

Wonderful post! Thank you so much for the tour. I'm awestruck, even though I knew about the catacombs. It must have been such a potent experience to stand there.

love it, thx v :) as for the hundreds of km off l...

2009-08-01T21:36:20.415-03:00

love it, thx v :)

as for the hundreds of km off limits, i'm not brave enough to risk getting lost...

I had no idea such a place existed. Thank you so ...

2009-08-01T20:32:40.122-03:00

I had no idea such a place existed. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Vesper - I didn't make it to this one, but I've be...

2009-07-31T23:18:50.275-03:00

Vesper - I didn't make it to this one, but I've been to catacombs in Rome and Naples. You are right about the feeling of peace - sort of a recognition...

Your kids must really love you. The memories you w...

2009-07-31T22:38:54.582-03:00

Your kids must really love you. The memories you will talk about over the years will be more interesting than those of most families...

What a fascinating post Vesper. Thanks for sharing...

2009-07-31T13:18:17.518-03:00

What a fascinating post Vesper. Thanks for sharing this experience, I look forward to more...

Many hugs, G

Oh wow, that is definitely something to see. I'd ...

2009-07-31T12:12:48.041-03:00

Oh wow, that is definitely something to see. I'd love to see it myself.

How awesome to have been in that place. The skull...

2009-07-31T08:52:24.667-03:00

How awesome to have been in that place. The skull is so shiny that it is clearly buffed by the million hands that have touched it. Funny to think of who that person was, and if they ever wanted affection, how many millions would be patting their head after they were gone.

I'm glad you mentioned Rameau, I love his music.

Thanks for writing about this, can't wait for the next installment!

This was certainly an interesting post. Mass and m...

2009-07-31T06:17:11.005-03:00

This was certainly an interesting post. Mass and matter comes in skeletal form as well as suns, moons and stars. That you felt no dread walking amongst the bones of them who this way passed before you is the best part of all.