There is something very telling about the fact that Bing Image Creator considers this prompt to be “unsafe content”:
dia de los muertos skull, dayglow poster with extremely bright colors and black background, detailed mandala patterns and flow lines
We’ve candy-coated our dead. Halloween is for selling sugar and sexy costumes. Nothing truly scary. No room for a conversation about mortality. No room for reverence.
Disney costumes and drinks.
I’m all for the play. I’m all for the chance to assume a character.
I’m all for celebration. Death can be a tremendous celebration. I’m not suggesting we make it somber.
But death is real. And scary. And coming for each of us.
What a missed opportunity to have a really meaningful cultural conversation. It’s hard to hear the wisdom of the dead when you’re chewing on candy.
