Author Archives: Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss And Change” by Marge Heegaard

Interactive children's therapy book clarifies complicated experiences

Published in 1988, Marge Heegaard’s book “When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss And Change,” remains widely useful today. This 36-page workbook is a collection of chapters or thematic sections that take a … Continue reading

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“Often the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.”

-Vittorio Alfieri, Oreste: Tragedia In Cinque Atti
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Art World Responds to Orlando Shooting

Less than a week after the Orlando Tragedy, artists speak out

On the night of Saturday, June 11, 2016, Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people, injuring 53, and irrevocably changing the lives of countless more. Most of the victims were young LGBTQ Latinos and … Continue reading

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“The Promise” by Tracy Chapman

Heartfelt memorial song gives voice to loss, longing and remembrance

Tracy Chapman’s song “The Promise” is as much as song of separation as it is of togetherness. As listeners, we can place ourselves in the role of speaker/singer addressing a loved one, but it is just as easy to imagine … Continue reading

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“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

- Edgar Allan Poe
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Thai Artist Lectures to Corpses on Topic of Death

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook explores worldly and esoteric topics through conversations with the dead

Thai-born artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s series of performance pieces, collectively called “Death Seminar,” involves the artist engaged in reciprocal interactions with corpses — often in the form of conversation — where language is used to reveal social blind spots around how we think … Continue reading

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