Death is misunderstood

My journey on Substack has surprised me greatly in many ways.

After talking with about 30 experts, musicians, scientists and such, one idea I can't shake comes from Genevieve Keeney Vasquez.

She's spent her whole life wanting to work around death and dying.

And she has.

Working as a funeral director, an army medical officer, a palliative care nurse, and currently as the president and CEO of the National Museum of Funeral History.

She was fascinating, revealing, and eloquent.

Everything you'd want in a guest.

On my interview program, All of the Above, she told me that death is misunderstood.

“I think what we misunderstand about death is the finality of it and the amount of grief and effect that true death has upon us. And I think it comes from our exposure of death day to day,” said Keeney Vasquez. “If you watch our news or if you're you know subscribe to online email notifications like next door neighbor or social media type daily engagements so many of those stories talk about death it's entertainment so we are exposed to death on a consistent basis but we never really understand the realities of it.”

Is she right?

Let me know what you think in the comments at jamesbrowntv.substack.com or email me at jamesbrowntv@gmail.com.

You can also leave me a message at 585-484-0339.

On that note, I'm James Brown, and as always, be well.