Author Archives: Greer Barker (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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DIY Memory Wreath

Create a unique memorial centerpiece with a photographic wreath

Our Tip of the Week: A centerpiece sets the emotional tone for a memorial service, end-of-life celebration or altar. Large-scale portraits are classic, but you can also create an intimate and dynamic centerpiece using multiple photographs arranged into a striking … Continue reading

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“Life After Death The Burden of Proof” by Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra's Life After Death: The Burden of Proof offers more parable than proof

It is challenging, this whole living in the face of death thing. Our consciousness — which takes in all the incoming stimuli from the internal and external environments at whirling speeds and processes it into a cohesive structure we call … Continue reading

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Mortal Darkness

Cancer and mortality emanate as darkness in Scottish artist Ken Currie's "Three Oncologists"

Three faces stare back at you, momentarily caught in the light as they turn into a looming darkness behind a curtain. Three men, clothed in gowns that quickly read medical. The illuminated gowns are covers that protect and contextualize these men as doctors. The … Continue reading

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Seeking Solace in the Landscape

Memory, visibility and healing at the National AIDS Memorial Grove

Landscape is so central to how we see and move through the world that it is often easily overlooked. When we perceive nature as wild and untouched, we seek solace in the vibrant forces at play, finding our lives dwarfed … Continue reading

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Our Weekly Tip: Creating Space

Using circles to help embody community in memorial services and life celebrations

Our Tip of the Week: When we think of traditional funerals and memorial services, the vision that often comes to mind is rows of seated people facing an altar. This follows the same layout of most church and temple services, … Continue reading

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Into the Woods

Natural German burials rooted in traditional places

Were you to walk into one of FriedWald’s EcoEternity forests in Germany, you may not necessarily know that you had entered a green burial site. No headstones to be seen, no large tombs proclaiming the importance of the interred. You … Continue reading

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