Category Archives: Lending Insight

“If Anything Happens I Love You” is a short animated film that premiered on Netflix in November 2020. A week after its release, it quickly jumped to No.2 on the streaming site, and it has since been nominated for a … Continue reading →

I have to admit that I wanted to like “I Care a Lot” a lot more than I actually did. Touted by critics as a fast-moving dark comedy/action thriller, its basic premise is an interesting one. A black-hearted entrepreneur by … Continue reading →

  “Speaking Grief,” a 2020 documentary produced by WPSU Penn State, gets real about the process of loss and grieving. True to its title, the film addresses the emotions that occur following loss as more of a language to learn than … Continue reading →

Having passed the age of 80, Margareta Magnusson decided to engage in döstädning, a Swedish word that translates as “death cleaning” — and to write about it in “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.” In Sweden, death cleaning involves … Continue reading →

The title of award-winning author Sigrid Nunez‘s new book, “What Are You Going Through,” is a reference to Simone Weil‘s claim that this question lies at the heart of all human compassion. According to Weil, “The love of our neighbor … Continue reading →

British boys don’t cry. At least, not openly. Suppressing one’s emotions was “the lesson I was most strongly taught,” admits C.S. Lewis in his journals, which are collectively titled “A Grief Observed.” After losing his wife to cancer, the “The … Continue reading →