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The name of the art form derives from a Roman practice that all the Stoics were familiar with Memento Mori. At the end of a major Roman victory, the commanding general would be thrown a huge party and parade through the city of Rome called a Triumph.

During the Triumph, the commander was the center of the show, and everyone was cheering for them calling them a god among other things; but if you paid close attention you would notice a small boy sitting behind the general who would bend over and whisper in their ear “Look behind you!

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Remember, you are mortal! Remember, death!” Memento Mori.

At first glance, this seems to be a dismal proposition, but the Stoics considered it to be one of the most important practices for letting go of attachments. They considered death to be the ultimate external, something that is completely out of our control or that we are unable to fully wrap our minds around, and yet something that is inevitable with which we must come to terms with.