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The Symbolic Beauty of Elkridge Cemeteries

Among faint beauty, there is cause for contemplation and introspection.

When we stand among the deceased, we are inevitably faced with our own lives: where we are, what we have done and what we want to do before we, too, pass on.

Symbolism, history, memories, dreams, ritual...every facet of human nature congregates in these places called cemeteries.

We are not our normal selves here. Our guards vanish into thin air, as the only perception becomes the here and now.

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