Minke Whale
Camp Hero State Park
December 2020

Death has a purpose in nature.

Life cannot exist without death. These two codepend on one another, duals of the natural world. Death exists so that life can go on. Not only does nutrients from a deceased organism return to flow of energy in the environment, but it’s absence of energy consumption will more allow room for new organisms to thrive.

One way to look at it, is that the meaning of death, is life! Just like everything lives to die, everything dies to create new life. 

Therefore, natural death should be celebrated, rather than grieved. I am abundantly thankful for the life of this whale, it’s raw beauty, the life it lived, and the life it now gives.