There’s not really a lot to say about this article beyond the title of this post. To sum it up, in case you’re not interested in reading it yourself, artist and inventor (a surefire mad scientist combination if I ever saw one) Jae Rhim Lee is cultivating mushrooms to eat her body after she dies as a more eco-friendly way of dealing with death. Behind this project is the belief that humans need to be more accepting of death and not damage the environment in an attempt to deny its existence. She’s actually creating a suit that the mushrooms will grow on that would be put on the corpse to decompose it.
The article is fascinating, but I think it’s also rather creepy. I’m not sure if this is because I haven’t really accepted death or if it’s because decomposition and breaking down the body really freak me out. I personally want to be cremated once I’ve gone, since I think it’s kind of a waste of space to keep my husk around. Also kind of nasty. On the bright side, at least she’s using mushrooms and not worms.