What always struck me in the picture are the flowers that my grandfather placed in his uniform and cap, as symbols of life and hope. (educationnorthwest.org)
The figures of drunken men were sometimes carved on ancient gravestones as symbols of the life beyond death. (religion-online.org)
Ross Bleckner's beautiful and haunting Count No Count (1989) looks like a series of lights mysteriously suspended in the air; the lights are reminders of mortality, and symbol of those lives lost during the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s. (thedailybeast.com)