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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Author Archives: Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
The Dark Knight Rises by Christopher Nolan
To defeat Bane and his army, Bruce Wayne must recover from mourning and Batman must return from hiding
Well, it had to come to an end eventually. Nothing lasts forever, and, indeed, when it comes to super hero movie series, that might not be such a bad thing. If we are to believe the trailers and the media, … Continue reading
What is Therapeutic Music? – An Interview with Lucy Banks
How specialized musical regimens help the ill
Based in Atlanta, GA, Lucy Banks is an intern with the Music for Healing and Transitions Program, which, according to their website, is a “national educational certification program preparing musicians to provide live, therapeutic music at the bedside.” She spoke … Continue reading
“The Denial of Death,” by Ernest Becker
How the fact of death powers the human drive to life
During our childhood, gradually through observation then perhaps all at once through our parents’ telling, we all come to learn that our life will not last forever. We become aware of death. Oftentimes, when we face death in our adult … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged 20th Century, Death, Denial of Death, Ernest Becker, Existentialism, Heroics, Kierkegaard, Life, Meaning, Psychology, Sigmund Freud
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I’ll never leave, always just a dream away, a star that’s always watching, never turn away, we’ll never leave, always just a thought away, a candle always burning, never turn away the moon will hide, the tree will bend I’m right beside you, I’ll never turn away
— Carly Simon, "Like a River"
What are Crystal Singing Bowls? An Interview with Candace Keach
Sounds of solace
Candace Keach is the artistic director of the Spiral Sound of Crystal Bowls, a performance group which creates a soothing auditory and visual immersion experience through the playing of symmetrically arranged, vibrating crystal bowls. Antal: Thanks for speaking with us, … Continue reading
“The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.”
— Joan Borysenko
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Death, death and dying quotes, Joan Borysenko, Life, Life lessons, Spirituality
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