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Designer Tombstones Bring Graveyard Smiles

By Kirk Bromley | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:59 AM ET

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Have you given much thought yet to what you want your tombstone to look like? Sure, it's not the happiest of topics, but it's one that does require some considering, especially if you want to leave something special behind reminding everyone of how unique you were in life. And how cool would it be for those who knew you to visit your site and be reminded of your creative spirit thanks to what you conceived as your post-mortem marker?

If you're lacking for inspiration, here are a bunch of images of what others have put together. Just looking at them gives you a sense of the power that such a decision has. If you've ever spent some time walking about a graveyard, it's always uplifting to see tombstones that are something other than a clump of stone with a name and a date. The creative ones just make you smile, and that's a good thing at a graveyard.

Photo via Flickr.com.

Kirk Bromley is a playwright and freelance writer living in Brooklyn.

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