Life in Death, photographs by Mark Ulyseas
Ulyseas is founder and editor of Live Encounters Magazine and Live Encounters Poetry & Writing. He is the author of three books: RAINY – My friend & Philosopher, Seductive Avatars of Maya – Anthology of Dystopian Lives and In Gethsemane: Transcripts of a Journey. www.amazon.com
Why do we grief so much when confronted with death? Why are we repulsed by the sight of a lifeless body? Is this a reflex action towards our own fear of the unknown? Or is there a hint of selfishness lurking beneath that grief because we are more concerned about our feelings?
The following are photographs celebrating the life that exists in death, a beauty that is, perhaps for many, outside the realm of understanding.
![Rat in the Rain © Mark Ulyseas Rat in the Rain © Mark Ulyseas](http://liveencounters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/a1.jpg)
![An eel that had succumbed to the rip tide lying curled over a coconut. Bali, Indonesia © Mark Ulyseas](http://liveencounters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/c.jpg)
![An hour before sunset while walking along the Mekong riverbank I saw this drowned chicken float by. It moved gracefully like a ballerina. Laos PDR. © Mark Ulyseas](http://liveencounters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/b.jpg)
![Queen Parrot fish that was caught in a fisherman’s net, discarded on the beach. Bali, Indonesia © Mark Ulyseas](http://liveencounters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/e.jpg)
![Where does a butterfly go when it rains? Goa, India.](http://liveencounters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/d.jpg)
![A jellyfish brought in by the tide and now just debris on the beach. Bali, Indonesia. © Mark Ulyseas](http://liveencounters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/g1.jpg)
![The silhouette of a roadkill - a rat that tried to cross the road, Lao PDR. © Mark Ulyseas](http://liveencounters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/f.jpg)
© Mark Ulyseas