The Blade of Winter

"Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, muskets, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one’s master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead."

-Hagakure

I been doing a lot of thinking about the big questions in life. But when I happened across this passage in Hagakure, I was inspired to make something beautiful, yet sad. I dont know why, but this is the first thing that came to mind. I hope you like it.