In their homes. In their fav hangouts.
It's those places we frequent most which eventually become our environmental legacies.
The places where we’ll live on in our loved ones' memories after death.
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4 Environmental Legacies you can leave behind for your loved ones:
Objects that serve as containers where we can preserve pieces of our soul in order to survive after the death of our body.
In reality, we call horcruxes by another name — legacies.
- inventions
- art
- bags of money
- brands
- music
- memories
- children
...
But it's our environmental legacies where we feel immersed in the spirit of our loved ones after they're gone.
Our homes
Our homeland
Our hangouts
They aren’t just the places where we live.
They’re they places where we’ll likely die.
And the places where we’ll live on in the memories of our friends and family as they recall the times they spent with us.
The company that became your life's work (Disney World).
The space you built with your bare hands (tree house for your kids).
The place you invested all your energy into (art studio).
We live on in the spaces we dedicate our heart & soul to.
Love locks we attach to bridges.
Hand prints we imprint in wet cement.
Flags on the moon to mark our triumph.
We graffiti and tag are whereabouts to remind the world "I was here".
These are the environmental legacies we create for others after their death.
- Graves
- Memorials
- Statues
...
They're the portals where we feel a line of communication has been connected to those we've lost.
Before we die, we leave behind these medley of mementos.
And the more we break off pieces of our soul to store in legacies, the more transparent we’ll be as ghosts.
Where do you want your environmental legacy to be?
FEATURED THEORY: ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACIES
Land of Legacies: Where to Preserve Your Soul
There’s a reason why ghosts are see through.
The Harry Potter franchise was onto something when it introduced the concept of horcruxes — objects that serve as containers where a person can preserve pieces of their soul in order to survive after the death of their body.
In reality, we call horcruxes by another name — legacies.
Our:
- inventions
- artful masterpieces
- bags of money
- brands
- music
- memories
- children
- …
Before we die, we leave behind a medley of mementos. And the more we break off pieces of our soul to store in legacies, the more transparent we’ll be as ghosts.
The most transparent ghosts I used to escort through Limbo were the ones who left behind an environmental legacy. The ones whose spirits can still be felt by their loved ones in the room they used to occupy, the park they used to frequent, and the neighbourhood they once lived in.
When you conjure up an image in your mind of a loved one you’ve lost, where are they?
For the people close to us, it’s often the spaces they used to live in and frequent where we home their spirits in our memories.
When I think about the people I’ve lost, I can close my eyes and imagine meeting them at their front door, walking through their halls, and sitting on their sofa. Their chosen spaces are so strongly linked to them that they become the most memorable environmental legacies that they leave behind.
Are the spaces that you frequent worthy of enshrining your soul?
Our homes and our hangouts aren’t just the places where we live. They’re they places where we’ll likely die. And the places where we’ll live on after death.
What would it look like if you were to design your ideal environmental legacy from scratch? Where do you want your loved ones to remember and feel you?