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Author Archives: Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
MLK Memorial Opens to Public in Washington, D.C.
The memorial remembers the Civil Rights leader in honor of the 48th anniversary of his famous speech.
Monday was the soft opening for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The 30-foot-tall memorial is the first in the Mall to honor an African American, as well as the first to … Continue reading
Shine On Brightly: The Art of Reverence
Company creates artistic cremation vessels and memorial art to honor life and spirit.
Shine On Brightly offers artist-created cremation vessels and custom memorial art pieces to honor the deceased. Their mission states: “We believe that art has the power to heal, to unite, and to express felling when words sometimes can’t be found.” … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Cremation, Cremation remains, Cremation Vessel, Crematorium, Crematory, Death and Dying, Keepsake Urn, Memorial, Urn
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A Memory in a Bottle
Words of love serendipitously delivered after the loss of a loved one
A message in a bottle seems like a thing of fantasy, romance. But, people still give it a shot, tuck a note into a bottle, toss it into the waiting waters, and cling to the hope that their message will … Continue reading
Designer Plays with the Big Questions
Sebastian Errazuriz addresses life's big issues through simple and whimsical memorials and artwork
The work of designer Sebastian Errazuriz addresses the big issues of life and death, sometimes with a whimsical and charming style, and sometimes with an elegance and simplicity, always posing powerful questions for the observer. Death is the Only Certainty … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Chile National Stadium, Installation art, Memorial, Sebastian Errazuriz
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Grief, Loss, and the End-of-Life Experience in the Age of the Tweet
How do our online networks effect the way we address real-life death?
“Here it is. I’m dead…” Earlier this year, Derek Miller published to his blog a farewell post—the day after his death. Before this, Miller had been blogging about his fight with metastatic colorectal cancer. SevenPonds recently published a Just Passed … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Death, Facebook, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Memorial, Social Networking, Twitter, Web 2.0
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Remembered in Ink
The growing popularity of memorial tattoos to honor and remember the deceased
Tattoos are not nearly the taboo they once were in our culture. In the past two or three decades, they have grown to become an almost-universally accepted form of artwork and personal expression, and their popularity has grown to cover … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Ashes, Body Modification, Bodyart, Cremains, Cremation, Crematorium, Memorial Tattoo, Tattoo
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