a) If you could take five objects with you to the afterlife, what would they be?
I would take with me, to whatever afterlife I found myself in, a pencil, a sketchbook, a personal photo album, a map of the world and a young oak tree.
b) What would those objects reveal about you to someone who discovered them in your tomb?
The sketchbook and pencil would reveal that I had a mind bursting with ideas and a need for somewhere to store them. The personal photo album would show that I was proud of the life that I lived and with to take memories of it with me into the afterlife. The map of the world would be evidence that I loved the world in which I lived and wished would remember it by taking a representation of it with me. Finally, the young oak tree would prove that I value life; its beauty and its potential.
c) What misinterpretations might future archeologists make on the basis of those objects?
Several misinterpretations that future archeologists might make are that I was an explorer or photographer (map and photo album). They might assume that these things represented key things in my life, as opposed to mere interests or values. The same theory applies to my bringing an oak tree (botanist or dendrologist) however, I think the value of life implicit in bringing a plant with me is easier to grasp. As for the sketchbook and pencil, I’m not sure any predictions based upon their presence would be so inaccurate as for me for me to judge them as incorrect. I believe that the reason for their presence would be rather easy to see for any competent guesser.
I would take with me, to whatever afterlife I found myself in, a pencil, a sketchbook, a personal photo album, a map of the world and a young oak tree.
b) What would those objects reveal about you to someone who discovered them in your tomb?
The sketchbook and pencil would reveal that I had a mind bursting with ideas and a need for somewhere to store them. The personal photo album would show that I was proud of the life that I lived and with to take memories of it with me into the afterlife. The map of the world would be evidence that I loved the world in which I lived and wished would remember it by taking a representation of it with me. Finally, the young oak tree would prove that I value life; its beauty and its potential.
c) What misinterpretations might future archeologists make on the basis of those objects?
Several misinterpretations that future archeologists might make are that I was an explorer or photographer (map and photo album). They might assume that these things represented key things in my life, as opposed to mere interests or values. The same theory applies to my bringing an oak tree (botanist or dendrologist) however, I think the value of life implicit in bringing a plant with me is easier to grasp. As for the sketchbook and pencil, I’m not sure any predictions based upon their presence would be so inaccurate as for me for me to judge them as incorrect. I believe that the reason for their presence would be rather easy to see for any competent guesser.